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,…
On Monday, November 26th, His Holiness Aram I sent condolences letter to the Iranian President Hasan Rouhani following deadly earthquake that hit Iranâs Kermanshah province and took the lives of hundreds of people. Â
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…
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…
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. Â Cilicia TV came across His Holiness leaving the…
On Monday morning, November 20th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by Bishop Shahe Sarkissian and V. Rev. Bedros Manuelian, visited the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Arch. Joseph Spiteri at the Apostolic Nunciature in Harissa. The Catholicos expressed his thanks to Pope Francis for joining the 50th anniversary celebration of His Holiness’ ordination to priesthood…
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. Â The meeting also was an opportunity to discuss Armenian-Diaspora relations.Â
On November 15th, playwright, poet, theater specialist, literary critic, director, and actor Dr. Hrant Markarian visited His Holiness Aram I in Antelias. Dr. Markarian had arrived in Lebanon from New York to perform his play on Khrimian Hayrig. At the meeting, His Holiness and Dr. Markarian, long-time friends, talked about Armenian culture, literature and theatre.
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. Â Â
On Monday, November 12th, His Holiness Aram I received the Central Committee Social Democrat Hunchakian Party composed of Prof. Hampig Sarafian, Alex Keoshkerian and Sebouh Kalpakian. During the meeting, they talked about the challenges that Armenia, the Church and the Armenian Diaspora face.
On Sunday, November 11th, 2018, following the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I inaugurated the 39th Annual Pan-Armenian Book Fair. The main theme of His Holinessâ speech was the values that Armenian books represent for the Armenian people. He stated that any given life should be lived with ethical, moral, intellectual and aesthetic values,…
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…
On November 8th, His Holiness Aram I received a delegation from the committee of the “Kaspar Ipegian” Theater Company of Hamazkayin accompanied by the “Vardan Adjemian” State Drama Theater of Gyumri (Armenia). The latter was invited to Lebanon by the Theater Company to perform three of their plays: “Wedding in the Rear” dedicated to the April…
On November 8th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I receives the President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union Berge Setrakian. They talked about the situation in the Republic of Armenia, state-church relations and Armenia-Diaspora cooperation.Â
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…
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…
The AnglicanâOriental Orthodox International Commission held its seventh meeting from October 22nd till 26th, 2018, at the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Residence in Atchaneh, Lebanon. Â Rev. Boghos Tinkjian and V. Rev. Zareh Sarkissian participated at the meeting representing the Catholicosate of Cilicia. Â After noting the passing of and giving thanks to one of the…
On November 4th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I received the Armenian Catholic Patriarch Krikor Bedros XX Ghabroyan, accompanied by Bishop Kevork Assadourian, the Vicar General of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Lebanon, Bishop Manuel Batakian and V. Rev. Sebouh Garabedian. Present at the meeting were also Archbishop Nareg Alemezian, the Prelate of the Diocese of…
