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According to the study, theological thought, considering the guidance and salvation of the person as the most important and inseparable part of ecclesiastical life, also the fulfillment of the Kingdom of God, however, traditionally provides security of this for the family and declares the family a general and preferred environment for this mission. The mind of man, created in the image and likeness of God, is interwoven with the idea of the family. Because, if a person possesses the surrounding world, so the “growth of the nation”, upbringing, preservation and transmission of tradition, language and culture are conditioned by the family. Therefore, without a family, there can be no order, and therefore no orderly society. The concept of the family in general (structural and physical) and in theological sense is given at the very beginning of the Bible (c. Holy Bible, Genesis 1:28, Yerevan, 2017, p.8). A man and a woman, through marriage (c. Holy Bible, Genesis 2:24, Yerevan, p.9), become a family, or in other words, a structural union of the human community. From a spiritual point of view, each formed family joins the “Big Family of the Lord” (c. Holy Bible, Genesis 5:3, Yerevan, 2017, p.11) and becomes a new family in the kingdom of heaven (c. Holy Bible, 1 Timothy 4: 1-8; Hebrews 13: 4, Yerevan, 2017, p.1460). The family, presupposes mutual responsibility, care and protection. Ever since the creation of the world, there has never been a more cherished, harmonious union than a married family. The family is a school of love, where spouses are equal, have equal responsibilities to each other, children and others. The saying, “Because man is not from a woman, but a woman is from a man” (Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 11:7, Yerevan, 2017, p.1392), is given not to divide, to boast of self-praise, but to held responsibility, to serve with self-sacrifice. The family (c. Holy Bible, 1 Timothy 4: 1-8, Yerevan, 2017, p.1444) originates with God's blessing, and it is also for God (cf. Holy Bible, Joshua 24: 15-24; p.261, Isaiah 1: 19-20; p.712, Colossians 1:16, Yerevan, 2017). It has a mission to provide both spiritual and moral education (in line with the church's function in public life) and to bring up with love, unity, and care (cf. Holy Bible, Matthew 19: 8; p.1214 2, Timothy 1: 5, p.1435, Yerevan, 2017). According to this, the family is both the realization of love and the implementer. The family is the highest gift that God has given to man (“It is not good for a man to be alone. Let us make him a helper like him” (Holy Bible, Genesis 2:18, p.8, Ecclesiastes 9: 9, p. 703, Yerevan, 2017), the temple of love and faith (Holy Bible, Ephesians 5:29, p.1421,Yerevan, 2017), the guarantor of which is the Lord (Holy Bible, Matthew 19: 6, p.1213, Yerevan, 2017). The Bible affirms that God's creation takes place in the context of the family. And the existing commandments are intended to keep the image of the family stable beforehand (Holy Bible, John 13:34, p.1317, Yerevan, 2017). The Bible's view of man and family is much more universal and general than individual (cf. Holy Bible, Genesis 6:18; p.12,17: 12-13; p.21, Ephesians 2: 8-9, p.1418, Yerevan, 2017), regardless of the position and path taken by mankind, God's providential plan remains unchanged (c. Holy Bible, Luke 15: 4, 7-10, 24; pp.1281-1282. -Hebrews 9: 14, 28, pp.1455-1456, Romans 11: 29, 32, 34-36, p.1378 Yerevan, 2017).