{"id":58643,"date":"2018-06-11T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T09:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=58643"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:33:40","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%81%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ac-%d8%af%d9%81%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%81%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ac-%d8%af%d9%81%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church celebrates the graduation of a new batch of Masters students at the Theological Seminary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday, June 3rd,\u00a0 the church celebrated\u00a0ACTS second graduating class in Claremont, CA.<\/span>
\nJoined by clergy members from throughout the diocese and blessed by the presence of\u00a0<\/span>His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion, His Grace Bishop Youssef, His Grace Bishop\u00a0<\/span>Abraham and His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, fourteen students of the Class of 2018 from\u00a0<\/span>across the United States were presented with their Masters of Theological Studies,\u00a0<\/span>doubling in size from the previous year.<\/span><\/h2>\n

As the keynote speaker, H.G. Bishop Youssef reflected on the importance of theological\u00a0<\/span>training in students from all walks of life, emphasizing the need for \u201cequipped Christian\u00a0<\/span>leaders in this world\u201d, those that are \u201c\u2026spiritually mature, and biblically and theologically\u00a0<\/span>responsible.\u201d Whether it be in the church, the classroom, the hospital or any other\u00a0<\/span>professional setting, the study of theology \u201cpertains to the whole of our lives, and must\u00a0<\/span>shape and inform our thoughts and activities.\u201d In his final charge to the Class of 2018,\u00a0<\/span>His Grace encouraged them to continue in seeking knowledge and service, urging them\u00a0<\/span>to \u201cpour out your life and share it with others as our Lord Jesus Christ did. Let our lives\u00a0<\/span>be a living testimony to His honor. With the training you have received, may God make\u00a0<\/span>you His true and faithful witnesses.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Sunday, June 3rd,\u00a0 the church celebrated\u00a0ACTS second graduating class in Claremont, CA. Joined by clergy members from throughout the diocese and blessed by the presence of\u00a0His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion, His Grace Bishop Youssef, His Grace Bishop\u00a0Abraham and His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, fourteen students of the Class of 2018 from\u00a0across the United States were presented with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":58644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,74],"tags":[11559,3811,3638,6691,11560,11561,11522,236,11521,1745,2443,2444,11520],"class_list":["post-58643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-74","tag-batch","tag-celebrates","tag-church","tag-graduation","tag-masters-students","tag-theological-seminary","tag-11522","tag-236","tag-11521","tag-1745","tag-2443","tag-2444","tag-11520"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58893,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643\/revisions\/58893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}