On Sunday, February 28th, 2021, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I presided over a requiem service held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, for the souls of the victims of the Sumgait Pogroms. In his address on Cilicia TV, following the prayers, the Catholicos called upon the Armenians to be vigilant, united, organized and…
ACT Alliance in coordination with the ACT Lebanon Forum held a virtual dialogue on February 17th and 18th, 2021. V. Rev. Fr. Hrant Tahanian, Ecumenical Officer, participated on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. During this year, ACT Alliance is promoting a Climate Justice Programme across the world, through regional and national processes of…
On Saturday evening, the Lay Council of the National Central Committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia held a virtual meeting, presided over by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. Stepan Der Bedrossian from Lebanon and Krikor Mahseredjian from Abu Dhabi co-chaired the meeting. The Chancellor briefed on the minutes of the previous two meetings which…
On Saturday evening, February 13th, 2021, on the Eve of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple, a special service was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. Given the situation of the pandemic in Lebanon, the Feast was celebrated without the public, who they were able…
With the blessings of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, the Information and the Communication Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia organized a virtual book launch event on the volumes of hymnals “Tsaynakryal Sharagan Hayasdanyayts Yegeghetsvo” (Recorded hymns of the Armenian Church) on Friday evening, February 12th, 2021. The editor of the volumes Archbishop Oshagan…
On the 10th and 11th of February 2021, the feast of St. Vartan and His Companions was observed at the Catholicosate of Cilicia, presided over by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. The special “Nakhadonag” service was held Wednesday on the eve of the feast, and Divine Liturgy was offered on Thursday, followed by a concert…
As per the tradition of our Catholicosate, every year, on the first Sunday of February, a requiem service is held in memory of the deceased catholicoi and clergy of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, who have served during the post Armenian Genocide era. Subsequently, following the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, February 7th, 2021, His Holiness Catholicos…
On Friday evening, February 5th, 2021, the junior and senior classes of the Armenian Theological Seminary presented talks about the late catholicoi of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, who have served the Holy See after the latter’s establishment in Antelias. The event preceded the annual requiem service held at the Mausoleum of the Catholicosate on…
The Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions held a virtual executive session meeting on January 29th, 2021. V. Rev. Fr. Hrant Tahanian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate and member of the conference, participated on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. On the agenda were the further development of the ‘Nature and Identity’ paper…
On Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Youth and Sports Vartine Ohanian-Kevorkian. Ohanian-Kevorkian briefed His Holiness on the projects of the Ministry, as well as on works related to the Covid-19 as she is a member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the follow up of Coronavirus Vaccination…
Providing aid to the vulnerable and impoverished Lebanese Armenian families is a priority for the Catholicosate of Cilicia. This time, the assistance was directed to the educational, religious, social and cultural institutions. His Holiness believes that the core of the life of the community is its structures and it is necessary for them…
