17 February 2015. His Holiness Catholicos Aram I sent letters of condolences and solidarity to President of Egypt Abdel Fattah elSisi and Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church, for the killing of 21 Egyptian Copts by Islamist extremists in Libya. After expressing his condolences His Holiness reminded the dangerous consequences of extremism that…
Stated His Holiness Aram I on the eve of the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Dyarentarch) Friday 13 February 2014. On Thursday evening, a large number of parents and their children gathered at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral to attend the evening service prior to the Feast of the Presentation…
14 February 2015. On Saturday morning, the newly elected Bureau of the Tashnak Party, led by representative Hrant Markarian met with Catholicos Aram I in his office in Antelias. The members of the Bureau discussed with His Holiness the activities to be held in Armenia and the Diaspora to commemorate the 100th anniversary of…
On 12 February 2015, at the Feast of the Vartanantz Heroes, the dean of the seminary, Rev. Torkom Donoyan, celebrated the Holy Liturgy, presided over by His Holiness Aram I. In his sermon, Rev. Torkom spoke of the urgency of national unity and the importance of Christian faith in shaping the struggle of Armenians for…
9 February 2015. Under the leadership of His Holiness Aram I, after three days of meetings, the Central Committee representing the dioceses of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, its Executive Committee, the Council of Religion and the plenary of the Prelates adopted the document whereby: They welcome the activities planned by the Catholicosate of Cilicia on…
4 February 2015. The ceremony was held on Wednesday evening at the Main Hall of the Catholicossate, in the presence of the Ambassadors of Armenia to Lebanon, of Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates, clergy who have served as Catholical Vicars of the Diocese of UAE and Qatar, representatives of the Armenian Community from Abu…
2 February 2015. The 12th session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches was held 25-30 January 2015 in Rome. The Armenian Church participated with a delegation of four, Archbishop Khajak Barsamian and Rev. Shahé Anananian, from the Holy See Etchmiadzin, and Archbishop Nareg…
30 January 2015. On Friday, following a session of the State Commission on the Coordination of the Centennial Anniversary Commemorations, the President of Armenia, Serge Sarkissian, along with Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex. After laying a wreath, the two Catholicoi held a memorial…
29 January 2015. On Thursday, following the meeting of the State Commission on the Coordination of the Centennial Anniversary Commemorations of the Armenian Genocide, His Holinesses Karekin II and Aram I attended the inauguration of the Komitas Museum-Institute. Komitas Vartabet, after whom the Museum-Institute is named, was among the first group of Armenian intellectuals arrested…
