The Ministry of Justice of Turkey rejects Catholicosate of Cilicia’s Litigation demanding the return of its Seat in Sis

Communiqué   On 27 April 2015, the Catholicosate of Cilicia filed a lawsuit at the Turkish Constitutional Court, demanding the return of its historical Seat in Sis.   The legal team, which comprises Turkish lawyers and experts on International Human Rights Law and the European Court of Human Rights, prepared a folder of more than…

“The Seminary is an institution but our graduates leave as persons of vision with the mission to serve our people” stated His Holines Aram I

  12 June 2016. On Sunday evening, His Holiness Aram I presided over the graduation ceremony of the Seminary in the presence of the clergy and the community.   After Rev Boghos Tinkjian welcomed the audience, seminarians, who had participated in a special two-year music module, performed a short musical programme, followed by a presentation…

The Primate of Lebanon transmits His Holiness Aram I’s letter addressing the German Chancellor to Germany’s ambassador to Lebanon

3 June 2016. On Friday noon, Bishop Shahé Panossian, accompanied by Very Rev Sipan Kechedjian and Rev Hovhannes Saghdjian, met with His Excellency Martin Huth, the Ambassador of Germany to Lebanon. They transmitted the letter of His Holiness Aram I to Chancellor Angela Merkel on the adoption of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide by…

The Committee of The Assembly of Christian Communities in the Middle East meet with His Holiness Aram I

3 June 2016. On Friday morning, His Holiness Aram I received the members of the Committee, headed by Archbishop Mazloum, at his office in St Mary’s Monastery in Bikfaya. The Assembly brings together the religious and secular leadership of all Christian Communities in the Middle East and aims at strengthening relationships between the various Christian…

The Representatives of the Catholicosate of Cilicia Takes Part in the Middle East Regional Consultation of the Global Christian Forum (GCF)

25-28 May 2016. The second regional meeting of the GCF, organized in cooperation with the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), was held at the Saydet El Bir monastery in Lebanon. The participants included, Rev Larry Miller, Secretary of the GCF, Rev Dr. Michel Jalkh, General Secretary of the (MECC), representatives of the Churches in…

His Holiness Aram I Receives the Ambassador of Armenia to Lebanon

30 May 2016. On Monday morning Ambassador Samuel Meguerditchian met with Catholicos Aram I at St Mary’s Monastery in Bikfaya. They discussed Armenia-Diaspora cooperation, the situation in Karabagh and issues related to economic cooperation with Armenia.   The ambassador then visited the newly renovated Monastery and the monuments marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.…