His Holiness Aram I announced the new appointments of the Cilician Brotherhood both at the Catholicosate in Antelias and at the Prelacies worldwide as follows: -H.E. Arch. Shahan Sarkissian: Director of the Library, replacing H.E. Arch. Dirayr Panossian, who recently retired. -H.G. Bishop Meghrig Parikian: Director of the Birdsâ Nest Orphanage in Byblos.…
His Holiness Aram I appointed V. Rev. Fr. Bedros Manuelian as Pontifical Vicar of the Armenian Prelacy of Kuwait and its neighboring countries. Fr. Bedros has served the Catholicosate through several positions, and in recent years, he was the director of the Information and Communication Department. Â
On 30 July 2019, under the leadership of His Holiness Aram I, the legal team of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia filed a case in the 2nd Kozan Court of First Instance against the Kozan Municipality and the Turkish State Treasury for the return of the Monastery and Catherdral of St. Sophia, the historical centre…
At the request of His Holiness Aram I, Mr. and Mrs. Garo and SossĂ© Eshgiyan, church members from the Western Prelacy, are funding the renovation of the Cilicia Museum; and Mr. and Mrs. Hovsep and Elizabeth Boyadjian, also from the Western Prelacy, are funding the renovation of St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral. The renovations…
In 2020, we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Aram I. On this occasion, the National Central Committee (NCC) has formed a special council to mark the 25 years of the pontifical mission and service of the Catholicos. The special council is composed of the co-chairs of the Religious…
The renovations of St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral of the Catholicosate of Cilicia commenced on August 20th, 2019, thanks to the generous donation of Mr. and Mrs. Hovsep & Elizabeth Boyadjian. The renovations will be completed in about two months, during which the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the Mausoleum chapel, next to the…
On June 8th, 2019, the Diocesan National Representative Assembly of the Armenian Prelacy of Peria (Syria) elected His Grace Bishop Masis Zoboyan as the new prelate of the prelacy. Â His Holiness Aram I ratified the election in a Pontifical letter directed to the Assembly wishing the newly elected prelate success in his mission. The…
On Saturday, August 17th, 2019, the Armenian Church marked the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the Pilgrimage Day of St. Mary Monastery in front of the open-air altar, in Bikfaya. His Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy, celebrated by Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, and sung by the âNaregatsiâ childrenâs choir, led by…
On Friday evening, August 16th, 2019, on the eve of the feast of Assumption of St. Mary and the St. Mary Monastery Pilgrimage Day, a pilgrimage-march took place from St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, in Antelias, to St. Mary Monastery, in Bikfaya, for the third consecutive year. More than one thousand faithful, including the Cilician…
Under the auspices of His Holiness Aram I and organized by the Christian Education Department, a week of special services, prayers, Bible studies, and daily celebration of the Divine Liturgy was held on 12th to 16th of August 2019, at St. Mary Monastery in Bikfaya, dedicated to the St. Mary Monasteryâs Pilgrimage Day. The…
On Monday, August 12th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received the Ambassador of Armenia in Lebanon Vahagn Atapekyan and the Ambassador of Lebanon in Vatican Farid El Khazen, respectively. Â During his meeting with Mr. Atapekyan, His Holiness discussed issues pertaining ArmeniaâDiaspora relations, while with Mr. El Khazen, the Catholicos discussed the ChristianâMuslin conference to…
The Catholicosate of Cilicia is happy to announce the approval of the German government to support a Conservation and Restoration Project of its rare manuscripts within the collection of the Rescued Treasures of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. The project is entitle Safeguarding the Survival of the Rescued Treasures of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia…
On Tuesday, August 6th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received Dr. Farid El Khazen, Lebanese Ambassador to the Vatican. Dr. El Khazen briefed His Holiness on the projects and developments in the relations between Lebanon and Vatican.
The Catholicosate of Cilicia, with the combined efforts of the Christian Education Department and the Armenian Theological Seminary, is holding its Summer Youth Academy for the second year, in Antelias. Armenian youth coming from the USA and Canada will spend two weeks at the Catholcosate to participate in an intensive program of the Bible, history…
His Holiness Aram I, after receiving the sad news of the passing of prof. Vahakn Dadrian on Sunday, August 4th, 2019, expressed his sorrow and stated that his passing away is a loss for the demands of the Armenian Cause. Â In 1999, His Holiness Aram I had bestowed upon the Prominent Armenian-American scholar and…
On Sunday, August 4th, 2019, during the Divine Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, His Holiness Aram I authorized the granting of the first four ranks of Vartabed to Rev. Fr. Bsag Tepirjian, Rev. Fr. Hovagim Panjarjian, Rev. Fr. Zaven Najarian and Rev. Fr. Ardavazt Sharoyan. Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian was The Celebrant…
On Saturday evening, August 3rd, 2019, at the Armenian Theological Seminaryâs auditorium in Bikfaya, Rev. Fr. Bsag Tepirjian, Rev. Fr. Hovagim Panjarjian, Rev. Fr. Zaven Najarian and Rev. Fr. Ardavazt Sharoyan defended their Doctoral theses in front of His Holiness Aram I. Their research projects focused on the analysis of correspondence between Catholicoi of Cilicia…
On Friday, August 2nd, 2019, the Ambassador of Armenia to the Vatican Karen Nazaryan and his wife visit His Holiness Aram I. Nazaryan is also the representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Order of Malta. Â The visit was an opportunity to talk about the relations between Vatican and the Catholicosate of Cilicia.…
