His Holiness Aram I and his delegation travel to Northern Greece to visit Thessaloniki and other Towns

On Wednesday 24 September, His Holiness Aram I and his entourage, which includes representatives of the community, arrived in Thessaloniki. Rev. Stepannos Pashayan, the priest of the Armenian Church St Mary and the lay leadership of the community welcomed him. The Catholicos and his delegation then visited Metropolitan Anthimos of the Greek Orthodox Church.  …

His Holiness Aram I Is Welcomed in Athens

22 September 2014. Upon his arrival at the Athens Airport, Catholicos Aram I was met by the representative of the Head of the Church of Greece, the Armenian Prelate Archbishop Khoren Toghtakadjian, the representative of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ambassadors of Armenia and Lebanon to Greece, as well as representatives of the…

His Holiness Aram I Leaves for Armenia

18 September 2014. On Wednesday evening, His Holiness Aram I left for Armenia to attend the Armenia-Diaspora Pan-Armenian meeting. He will be accompanied by the prelates and representatives of the Diocesan Councils of the Holy See of Cilicia.   Catholicos Aram I will address the meeting on Friday, 19 September 2014, during the opening session,…

His Holiness Aram I Shared the Concerns of the Christians of the Middle East with President Obama on Behalf of the Eastern Patriarchs

On Thursday, September 11th, the spiritual leaders of the Middle Eastern Maronite, Armenian, Syrian Orthodox, Greek Catholic and Syrian Catholic churches who had gathered with for a Christian conference in Washington, DC, held an hour long meeting with President Obama; National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other key White House staff also attended the meeting.…

The International Community Should Adopt a Comprehensive Strategy to Defeat the Growing Extremism in the Middle East Stated His Holiness Aram I

The International Conference on the Crisis in the Middle East concluded its deliberations on Friday, 11 September 2014, with the intervention of the Five Middle East Patriarchs.   His Holiness Aram I, who concluded the conference, spoke once more of the urgency for the international community to adopt a comprehensive strategy to respond to the…

CALL TO UNITY

The conference on the challenges facing Christianity in the Middle East is in process, in Washington DC. This is the condensed text of the reflection that His Holiness Aram I made at the beginning of the session devoted to “Call to Unity”   Call to Unity… Indeed, this is a call of our Lord Jesus…

International Conference on Protecting and Preserving Christianity in the Middle East. Washington D.C. His Holiness Aram I Speaks of the Crisis in the Middle East and the Armenian Genocide

On Tuesday 9 September 2014, the International Conference on the Crisis in the Middle East, which is taking place in Washington DC, began its deliberations. Five hundred persons participated, including high-ranking Clergy, U.S. Senators and Congressmen, Deputies, Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations and the Press.   At the press conference preceding the main conference, His Holiness…

“Our Christian faith as Armenians is the source of our strength as a Nation,” Said Catholicos Aram I in his message to the faithful in Washington

On Sunday 7 September 2014, his Holiness Aram I presided over the Holy Liturgy and addressed the faithful at the Church of the Holy Cross in Washington DC. Archbishop Oshagan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Orthodox Church of America, celebrated the Liturgy after welcoming His Holiness and explaining the purpose of his…