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The First Suryoyo Youth Day at the Western Archdiocese, USA

Hosted by St. Paul Syriac Orthodox Youth Group, Santee, the First Suryoyo Youth Day, gathered the youth of some local churches of southern California. During the weekend of February 08, 2020, for the first time, this historic and memorable event was held for our participated local churches. It marks a great advancement in the continual process of improving our youth gathering of the SYG-US.

The attendees were around 95 from some churches on Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm. We hope this event will improve and increase the attendees from all local churches and strengthen the bond of relationship and activities, learning from one another and planting the seed of faith in all the Syriac Youth.

The theme of the Youth Day was “Walking with God” / “For you are the temple of the living God” (God is dwelling and walking among us).

Schedule of Events:
● 10:00 am: Morning Prayers
● 10:30 am: Breakfast and Coffee Time & Group Activity: Activity to meet each other. Also, each youth member to write a prayer on your heart, we will share these individual prayers later
● 11:30 am: Welcome & Welcome by His Eminence Mor Clemis Eugene presented a lecture that focused on the theme “Walking with God.”
● 12:15 pm: Small Group discussions about the talk:
● 12:45 pm: Lunch Time
● 1:45 pm: Fun Group Activity
● 2:15 pm: Speaker: Rev. Fr. Thomas Totonchy
● 3:00 pm: Small Group Discussions
● 3:30 pm: Youth Member Speaker: Chris Adam
● 3:45 pm: Spiritual Activity: Each member will receive someone else’s prayer from the morning and spend a few minutes in prayer for them.
● 4:00 pm: Evening Prayers
● 5:00 pm: Social Time in the Hall

Our Archdiocese is blessed with dedicated youth who came together to strengthen their knowledge of God and partake in Christian fellowship. We hope in the future to have participants of all local churches.