During a breakfast meeting on 27 September 2013, President Serge Sarkissian and the two Catholicoi discussed the outcomes of the Bishops conference and their impact on Church-State, Armenia-Diaspora relations.
On Friday 27 September 2013, the conference was concluded with the following decisions: Revive the ancient tradition of making saints of the Armenian Church, and apply it to the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. Approve the report of the Committee on the Sacraments of Baptism and Anointing. Continue discussing the current challenges to the Armenian Church…
On Tuesday 24 September 2014, His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians and His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia inaugurated the Conference of Armenian Bishops in Holy Etchmadzin. The conference is being attended by 62 bishops and archbishops. The President of Armenia, Serge Sarkissian, attended the opening and welcomed the participants. The meeting…
On Monday 23 September 2013, His Holiness Aram I left for Armenia to preside over the Bishops Conference with His Holiness Karekin II. The conference will be held 24-27 September and Catholicos Aram I will return on the 27th in the evening.
On 18 September 2013, Former President Amin Gemayel met with His Holiness Aram I at the Bikfaya monastery. Hagop Pakradouni, Armenian MP, was also present at the meeting that lasted more than an hour. They discussed the situation in Lebanon and Syria and also the problems of Christians in the Middle East.
17-18 September, a delegation of young priests, headed by Rev. Ghevont Pentezian, participated in a conference organized by the Department on Diakonia and Social Justice of the MECC. Participants included representatives of member churches and civil society organizations. Participants discussed theological and issue-oriented topics, and visited church-sponsored diakonia projects.
On 16 September 2013, the Council of Religion of the Executive Committee of the Catholicosate met under the presidency of His Holiness Aram I at the monastery in Bikfaya. After studying the programme adopted by the recent National Assembly of the Catholicosate, the members of the Council agreed on a plan of action. They…
His Holiness Aram I, assisted by the Executive Council of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, is continuing to work with architects and artists to restore Genocide monuments and redesign others. The work is planned to end by the beginning of 2015 and will be ready for the nation-wide commemorative activities that are also being planned under…
13 September 2013. Following a concert in Antelias, His Holiness Aram I decorated the nationally acclaimed classical and traditional singer with the insignia of “St. Mesrob Mashdotz”. In his Letter of Blessing, Catholicos Aram I described Kevork Bebedjian as a singer who transmits the hopes and expectations of the Armenian people to non-Armenians.
On Thursday 12 September 2013, the committee of ACUSA met with His Holiness Aram I and presented their programme. After a brief discussion, the Catholicos complimented them on their mission as Armenian university students and encouraged them to motivate many more young students currently enrolled in universities. He informed them that many former ACUSA members…
8-11 September 2013, Archbishop Nareg Alemezian attended the meetings of the leaders of “Ecumenical Conversations” to take place during the Assembly in Busan, Republic of South Korea, from 30 October to 8 November 2013. While in Geneva, the Archbishop also met with the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches as well as with…
HASK – July-August 2013 click here https://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/JULY-_-AUGUST-2013.pdf
On Wednesday 11 September 2013, Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali met with Catholicos Aram I in the presence of Member of Parliament Hagop Pakradouni. The ambassador assured His Holiness Aram I that the government had not used chemical weapons against its own people. In response, the Catholicos told Ambassador Ali that the Syrian conflict had…
On 5 September 2013, in a letter addressed to the Presidency of the Armenian Writers’ Association in Yerevan, Catholicos Aram I expressed his deep sorrow for the passing away of their President. He described Levon Ananyan as a literary visionary, a writer of mission who had shaped the direction of Armenian literature from Armenia,…
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan invited the Heads of Christian Communities in the Middle East to meet in Amman from 3-4 September 2013 to discuss the challenges they are facing as a result of the conflicts in the region. His Holiness Aram I appointed Archbishops Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Armenians in Iran, and…
During 28-29 August 2013, the preparatory committee of the Armenian Bishops’ Conference met to discuss the agenda of the meeting to be held 24-29 September 2013. Representing the Holy See of Etchmiadzin were Archbishop Khajak Barsamian and Bishop Michael Achabahian; representing the Holy See of Cilicia were Archbishops Oshagan Choloyan and Nareg Alemezian. …
