On September 20th to 22nd, The Regional Committee of the World Student Christian Federation Middle East (WSFC-ME) held its annual meeting at St. Marc Educational Center in Nasr city, Egypt. Garen Yosoulkanian, the chair of the Armenian Christian University Studentsā Association (ACUSA), was among the participants. Ā The meeting dedicated its sessions to evaluation of…
On September 22nd, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received Dr. Frank Otfried July, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wurttemberg, accompanied by a delegation. His Holiness briefly introduced to the guests the Christian presence and witness in the Middle East, talked about the ecumenical and interfaith relations and stressed the imperative for strengthening…
On September 25th, His Holiness Aram I received H.E. Arch. Levon Zekiyan, the Apostolic administrator of the Armenian Catholic Archepachy of Istanbul and the Mekhitarist Congregation. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss issues related to Armenia, Armenia-Diaspora relations, inter-church collaborations, as well as topics concerning armenology and Armenian culture. His Holiness Aram I…
On Monday, September 24th, His Holiness Aram I held a meeting with the Cilician brotherhood members residing in Antelias. During the meeting, he gave a general account of the summer events organized by the Brotherhood and stressed the imperative of reorganizing and revitalizing the diakonia and service by placing the community needs first. His Holiness…
On the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the re-independence of the Armenian Republic, Thanksgiving Prayers for the Republic of Armenia took place at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, on Sunday, September 23rd 2018. His Holiness Aram I presided over the Prayers. Present at the Divine Liturgy were Armeniaās Diaspora Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan,…
On September 21st, His Holiness Aram I conducted a work meeting with the Youth Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. Present to the meeting were also V. Rev. Bedros Manuelian and V. Rev. Zareh Sarkissian. During the meeting, the members of the Department presented their upcoming program to His Holiness, who in turn expressed his…
On September 14th, V. Rev. Bedros Manuelian, the vice-director of the Armenian Genocide Orphansā āAram Bezikianā Museum Committee, represented the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia on the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Board of Trustees in Yerevan, Armenia, and participated in the election of new director to the Museum-Institute. Harutyun Marutyan was elected to serve this position. Later,…
In September 2018, Holiness Aram I received the following art and culture experts from Armenia: A. Dr. Ashot Grigorian, Prof. Aram Isabekyan and Prof. Gedig Baghdassarian. They arrived to Antelias upon Catholicos’s invitation to conduct research on placing of sculptures representing important events and symbols in the Armenian history on the premises of the St.…
A group of volunteers from the Christian Education Department worked together for weeks and prepared some church objects, such as handmade veil/curtain of the Holy Altar and other handmade covers. They offered these items to St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias.
On September 8th, 2018, His Grace Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian was elected to serve as the new prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the USA at a special session of the Diocesan National Representative Assembly. His Holiness Aram I ratified the election in a Pontifical letter directed to the Assembly. His Holiness wished the newly…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City is organizing its first major exhibition on artistic and cultural achievements of the Armenian people in a global context. The Cilicia Museum of the Catholicosate of Cilicia will present a sample of it collections during the exhibition, which will open on September 22nd and continue through…
On September 6th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received the Lay and the Religious Councils of the Diocesan Council of Lebanon headed by the newly elected Primate of Lebanon H.E. Arch. Nareg Alemezian. Ā His Holiness welcomed the election of the new Primate, as well as the elections of above-mentioned Councils that preceded the election…
The lecture was delivered by Catholicos Aram I on Wednesday at the Near East School of Theology, within the framework of a conference on āChristian Political Theology in the Middle East.ā At the outset of his lecture Catholicos Aram I said that in his opinion there is no so-called āpolitical theology.ā āTheology is the…
A special exposition dedicated to Jacob KĆ¼nzler (Papa KĆ¼nzler), the Swiss eyewitness to the Armenian Genocide, who saved the lives of thousands of Armenian orphans, will take place in the coming months at the Catholicosate of Cilicia. On that account, on September 4th, 2018, a meeting was held at the Catholicosate between representatives from the…
On September 3rd, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) committee members in Antelias. Ā During the meeting, His Holiness presented his perspective on the Christian-Muslim dialogue and cooperation, focused on the recent circumstances of the region and answered their questions. In turn,…
On September 2nd, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received Vahram Balayan, the Vice-President of National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh, accompanied by the Armenian National Committee of Lebanon at St. Maryās Monastery in Bikfaya. Ā The guests participated in the Divine Liturgy at St. Maryās chapel and then met with His Holiness. They discussed…
On September 1st, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received the chairpersons of the Lebanese Diocesan National Representative Assembly Mr. Karnig Mgrditchian and Garo Salkhanian as well as the newly elected primate H.E. Arch. Nareg Alemezian and the former Primate Bishop ShahĆ© Panossian. They informed His Holiness of the election and His Holiness endorsed the election…
