29 December 2014. On Monday, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by members of the Brotherhood, visited the Azounieh Sanatorium Hospital in the Chouf Mountains to visit the patients and the elderly residents of the sanatorium. Ā The Catholicos also met with the board members, the medical corps and the staff, thanking them for their service…
Since his consecration as Catholicos, His Holiness Aram I has visited the orphans, the aged and the needy living in the institutions of the Catholicosate on the eve of the major feasts of the Armenian Church. Through his visits and personal contacts, he lives the diakonia (service to the needy) of the ancient church and…
21 December 2014. On Sunday, the Armenian Chatholicosate of Cilicia celebrated the feast of the Deacon and Protomartyr St. Stephen. Archbishop Norayr Ashekian celebrated the Holy Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. Ā At the end of the liturgy, at Catholicos Aram Iās reception for the clergy and the laity, the seminarians…
The Communication and Information Office of the Catholicosate of Cilicia announces that the papers delivered at the momentous conference, held from the 23rd through the 25th of February 2012 in Antelias, Lebanon have been published in a special issue in Volume 14 of the International Criminal Law Review, 2014. Ā The conference, which was the…
Following the consecration of the Armenian Church in Abu Dhabi, Catholicos Aram I met with around 75 young Armenian men and women, who shared their concerns and questions regarding the Church. The Catholicos posed the question of what it means to be a young Armenian in the diaspora today. He asked them to consider a…
In between his pastoral meetings, His Holiness was asked to join a special meeting organized by Religions for Peace to prepare a statement on religious extremism. The meeting brought together, among others, the representatives of the Holy See, the General Secretary of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in…
12 December 2014. On Friday evening, during an official banquet organized in honour of His Holiness Aram I, the Catholicos praised the Armenian community in Abu Dhabi for the construction of the church compound, and he acknowledged its benefactors. He decorated Messrs Ara Khanoyan and Souren Kojakian with the insignia of āCilicia Knightā and he…
12 December 2014. Following the anointment of the baptismal font and the pictures by the Primates of Tehran, Isfahan and Lebanon, on Thursday evening, His Holiness Aram I, on Friday, anointed the altar and dedicated the four main columns of the building to the four Evangelists. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Tehran, Bishops Papken Charian,…
10 December 2014. On Wednesday, His Holiness Aram I and his delegation visited the Embassy of Armenia in Abu Dhabi. Ambassador Kegham Gharibian and the staff welcomed the Catholicos. After the blessing of the bread and salt, they led the Catholicos to the garden to plant a tree in order to memorialize his visit. Ā …
9 December 2014. On Tuesday evening, His Holiness Aram I attended a special event organized by the Lebanese Embassy, where he met members of the Lebanese community in the UAE. Ā After Ambassador Saadās introduction, His Holiness addressed the guests. He first thanked the Emir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for…
8 December 2014. On Monday, Catholicos Aram I arrived at the Lebanese Embassy accompanied by the Catholical Vicar for the UAE, the prelate of Isfahan (Iran) and representatives of the Armenian Community in the Emirates. After his warm welcome, Ambassador Hassan Saad thanked the Catholicos and the Armenian community for promoting the national interests of…
6 December 2014. On Saturday, His Holiness Aram I visited the Ohannessian School, which he inaugurated 18 years ago, and was warmly welcomed by the 200 students. Ā The Catholicos and his delegation of clergy attended a special cultural event prepared by the students, followed by a welcoming speech by the principal of the School,…
4 December 2014. On Thursday morning, His Holiness Aram I arrived in Dubai, where he will consecrate the Armenian Church in Abu Dhabi. The Catholical Vicar V. Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian, and representatives of the Armenian Church Council in the United Arab Emirates and members of the community, as well as the Ambassadors of Lebanon and…
4 December 2014. On Thursday, Catholicos Aram I left for Abu Dhabi upon the invitation of Catholical Vicar V. Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian and the members of the Diocesan Council. Ā During his stay, His Holiness Aram I will anoint the newly constructed Holy Martyrās Church and inaugurate the new Prelacy and the school building. On…
2 December 2014. On Tuesday His Holiness Aram I addressed the 300 women attending the Christian education course organized annually by the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilica. Ā He first referred to the International Day for Older Persons established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1990, and said that…
27 November 2014. On Thursday the members of the Executive Committee of the Coalition, which was created four years ago with the aim of bringing Christians together and strengthening their presence in the Middle East, met. Ā After hearing their report, Catholicos Aram I praised their contribution to the Christian presence in the region and…
25 November 2014. On Tuesday, Ambassador Ashod Kocharaian visited His Holiness Aram I to discuss issues related to the 2015 commemoration of the Armenian Genocide and Armenia-Diaspora relations. At the end of their meeting, Catholicos Aram I asked the ambassador to convey his condolences to the families of the three military men in Karabah killed…
Ā 23 Novemer 2014. On Sunday, after the Liturgy, Holiness Aram I met Rouben Vartanian in Antelias. Mr Vartanian informed the Catholicos of his projects assisting Armenians in Armenia and the diaspora. His Holiness Aram I expressed his appreciation of Vartanianās commitment to the Armenian nation and exhorted all business owners to follow his example.
