Online European Sunday School

The dilemma evoked on account of the Covid 19 pandemic, and the resultant restrictions imposed by the local authorities, the activities of Sunday school of the Vienna church, which was functioning systematically on all Sundays got affected severely. At the same time, the glitches faced by other Sunday schools of the Patriarchal Vicariate of Europe.

One of the prestigious events of the Vienna Sunday school was the Vacation Bible School (JSVBS), which was being conducted in August every year for the last 16 years with participation and cooperation of other sister churches in Vienna. In August 2020, since the pandemic was on its high intensity and due to strict restrictions imposed by the local bodies for gatherings, the Vienna church was forced to think of an alternative arrangement for the JSVBS and found the Zoom programme quite appropriate for conducting a “virtual JSVBS”. Accordingly, the JSVBS of 2020 was arranged virtually with participation of all Sunday schools of the Diocese on 6, 7, 8 August 2020. The blessings and advice of the Patriarchal Vicar, H.E. Dr. Mor Theophilose Kuriakose Metropolitan; active collaboration of all priests in the diocese, especially Rev. Fr. Joshy Vettikkattil, the hard work of Mr. Eldo Palpath, Headmaster of Vienna Sunday School and teamwork of all the teachers of Vienna Church, were behind the thumping success of the programme.

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Name	Position
V. Rev. Joshua Ramban Vettikkattil (Vienna)	Vice President
Mr. Sudhish Mathew	Sunday School Director
Mr. Christo Yohannan (Poland)	Staff Secretary
Mr. Shery Cherian (Amsterdam)	Technical Co-ordinator
Mr. Vineeth Varghese	Sunday School Inspector
Ms. Nancy Korah	Magazine Editor