THE COMMITTEE IN PROTECTION OF THE WESTERN ARMENIAN LANGUAGE HOLD ITS MEETING IN ANTELIAS

On Thursday, November 29th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I presided over the meeting of the Committee in Protection of the Western Armenian Language, in Antelias.   The Committee, chaired by Yervant Pamboukian, discussed, among others, the Western Armenian Spelling Guideline it has designed. After it is finalized by the committee members across the Armenian Diaspora,…

WSCF-ME VISIT HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

On Saturday, November 24th, 2018, the World Student Christian Federation ā€“ Lebanese Ecumenical Youth Committee (WSCF-ME) visited His Holiness Aram I in Antelias. The committee, who had held its assembly at the Catholicosate prior to the meeting, was headed by the chair of the committee Garen Yosulkanian, who is also an ACUSA member. Ā  The…

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECORATES MOUNTAINEER ARA KHATCHADOURIAN WITH ā€œST. MESROB MASHDOTSā€ INSIGNIA

On Friday, November 23rd, 2018, The Catholicosate of Cilicia hosted mountaineer and runner Ara Khatchadourian at the Armenian Theological Seminary in Bikfaya. Khatchadourian had climbed, among others, Mounts Ararad and Everest and crossed 4550 km from Marseille to Yerevan in 107 days to make a call of peace to the world. In his recent accomplishment…

ā€œTHE REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA STARTS WITH THE REORGANIZATION OF OUR DIOCESES,ā€ STATES HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

On different occasions, His Holiness Aram I stresses with great importance the imperative of reorganizing the Armenian Diaspora. Not long ago, during his message at the National General Assembly held in Antelias, and reflecting on his performance at the 6th Pan-Armenian Armenian-Diaspora conference held in Yerevan, His Holiness stated that only through collective efforts can…

ā€œTHEOLOGY IS NOT A THEORY; IT DEALS WITH ISSUES PERTAINING GOD-MEN RELATIONSHIPā€ STATED HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

Every Wednesday morning, the graduating class at the Armenian Theological Seminary attends 2 hours of theoretical theology and pastoral theology courses lectured by His Holiness Aram I. In fact, the Catholicos has been teaching theology at the Seminary since he was serving as Prelate in Lebanon. Ā  Cilicia TV came across His Holiness leaving the…

HIS HOLINESS RECEIVES THE ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON

On Monday, November 20th, the Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Samuel Mkrtchyan paid a farewell visit to His Holiness Aram I. The Catholicos expressed his admiration for the Ambassador’s high level of diplomatic service in Lebanon, especially regarding his cooperation with the Lebanese Armenian community. Ā  The meeting also was an opportunity to discuss Armenian-Diaspora relations.Ā 

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMITTEE OF THE ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY

On Tuesday, November 13th, the newly elected committee of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party visited His Holiness Aram I. The Catholicos congratulated the committee and wished them success in their service. The meeting was also an opportunity to discuss issues pertaining the current situation in Armenia, Lebanon and the Armenia-Diaspora cooperation. Ā  Ā 

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I GAVE HIS BLESSINGS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED COMMITTEE OF ACUSA

On November 8th, His Holiness Aram I received the newly elected committee members of the Armenian Church University Students’ Association, accompanied by their newly appointed spiritual advisor Fr. Hovagim Panjarjian.   Fr. Hovagim took the opportunity first of all to express his filial gratitude to His Holiness and then presented the members and their future…

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF PAZMAVEB

On October 19th and 20th, 2018, a conference was held in Yerevan, Armenia, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the Armenian scholarly journal Pazmaveb. The conference was organized by the Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of Diaspora, Armenian National Academy of Science and the Mekhitarists Congregation. Jirayr Tanielian, the director of the Educational-Armenological Center at the…

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE NEWLY APPOINTED IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON

On November 6th, the newly appointed Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Jalal Firouznia visited His Holiness Aram I in Antelias.   They discussed matters concerning cooperation between the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Islamic Republic of Iran and talked about the situation in the Middle East. His Holiness also stressed the importance of strengthening the…

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA ATTEND THE ANGLICANā€“ORIENTAL ORTHODOX INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION

The Anglicanā€“Oriental Orthodox International Commission held its seventh meeting from October 22nd till 26th, 2018, at the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Lebanon. Ā  Rev. Boghos Tinkjian and V. Rev. Zareh Sarkissian participated at the meeting representing the Catholicosate of Cilicia. Ā  After noting the passing of and giving thanks to one of the…