On Monday, January 30th, 2019, on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas, His Holiness Aram I paid visits to the Armenian Elderly Home â CAHL and the Armenian Relief Cross of Lebanon, in Bourdj Hamoud, as well as the Armenian Educational Benevolent Union, in Hadjin. Â During the visits, His Holiness expressed his…
On Saturday evening, December 28th, 2019, V. Rev. Fr. Levon Yeghiayan and V. Rev. Fr. Oshin Tchvalertanian presented their theses to His Holiness Aram I and defended them in the presence of the members of the Cilician Brothers, at the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. On Sunday, December 29th, 2019, under the auspices of…
On Saturday, December 28th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received the visit of Dr. Abbas Khamayar, who is in charge of cultural activities if the Iranian embassy in Lebanon. The agenda of the meeting included mainly issues related to inter-religious dialogue.
On Sunday, December 22nd, 2019, the Armenian Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia, celebrated the feast of the Deacon and Protomartyr St. Stephen. Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian celebrated the Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Holiness Aram I, at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. Â Archbishop Shahan delivered the sermon, where he highlighted the importance of…
Under the patronage of His Holiness Aram I, the Library of the Catholicosate of Cilicia organized a book launch event of the Armenian composer and conductor Parsegh Ganatchianâs musical collection (two volumes), on Thursday evening, at the Cilicia Museum. The opening speech was delivered by Ms. Shoghig Yepremian, member of the âShnorhaliâ Choir of the…
On Sunday, December 15th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received the Executive Director of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Haykak Arshamyan and the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Lebanon H.E. Vahagn Atabekyan. Â The meeting was an opportunity to give a general overview of the activities and future plans of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
Under the patronage of His Holiness Aram I, the âShnorhaliâ choir of the Catholicosate of Cilicia marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Armenian ethnomusicologist Gomidas Vartabed, on Friday evening, December 13th, 2019, at Sts. Vartanants Church, in Bourdj Hamoud. Rev. Fr. Zareh Nadjarian is the conductor of the choir composed…
On Friday, December 13th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received members from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau headed by ARF Bureau Representative Hagop Der Khatchadourian. Â During the meeting they discussed issues pertaining Armenia, Artsakh and the Armenian Diaspora, as well as talked about the challenges faced by the Armenians in general, and stressed the…
On December 11th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received a letter from the Chair of the special delegates council of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Khatchig Janel informing that H.B. Sahak Mashalian was elected as the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. His Holiness extended a congratulatory letter to Bishop Mashalian in which he expressed his…
His Holiness Aram I held phone conversations with the president of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and the president of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakian, and briefed them on the current situation of Lebanon and Lebanese Armenians. In turn, they expressed their solidarity and assured to take practical steps in the near future.
On Saturday, December 7th, 2019, the directors of the three Lebanese Armenian dailies visited His Holiness Aram I. The purpose of the visit was to express their gratitude for the financial support to their newspapers that His Holiness extended during the Lebanese Crisis and the year of the Armenian Press. Â Aram I commended the…
On Sunday, 8th of December, 2019, a Requiem for the souls of the fallen victims of the devastating earthquake in Spitak, Gyumri and Vanadzor, in 1988, was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, in Antelias, presided over by His Holiness Aram I.
On Thursday, December 5th, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received the Lay and the Religious Councils of the Diocesan Council of Lebanon, headed by the Prelate Archbishop Nareg Alemezian. Â Archbishop Nareg expressed his gratitude to Aram I, who had recently made a donation of 100 Million Lebanese Pounds to the Prelacy of Lebanon to…
On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Lebanon H.E. Mr. Vahagn Atapekyan. They discussed the recent situation in Armenia and Lebanon.
“The Armenian Church,” authored by His Holiness Aram I, is now released in Russian. The book is translated by Lilit Aghekyan and is published thanks to the financial support of Gary and Janis Arvanigian. Â You can find the book in Persian, German, French and Arabic translations, while translations into other languages will be published…
This year, the feast of the founders of the Armenian Church: the apostles St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew, was marked on December 1st, 2019. On this occasion a Divine Liturgy was celebrated at St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of the Catholicosate, in Antelias. Presided over by His Holiness Aram I and celebrated by V. Rev.…
