On Sunday, October 31st, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received Antoine Laham, the Assistant to the Special UN Envoy to Syria, during his stay in Geneva. Laham welcomed His Holiness in Geneva on behalf of the Special UN Envoy to Syria, and discussed issues pertaining to the current situation in Syria, the possibilities of…
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I gave an interview to Unité des Chrétiens, a French ecumenical journal, and voiced his opinions and concerns on the current ecumenical scene. In his reply to the questions, His Holiness stated that the ecumenical movement has lived a decline in the last decade. For this, His Holiness recommended the…
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I focused on the imperative of strengthening tolerance in the ecumenical dialogue in his article for the special volume dedicated to Christian-Muslim dialogue. The special edition volume is the initiative of the Argentinian State and brought to fruition by His Holiness Pope Francis. During his pontifical visits to Egypt,…
With the blessing of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I and the assistance of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, St. George church and Homenetmen playground in Aleppo are under renovation with donations from the Armenian Prelacy of the Eastern United States. Following the Syrian Crisis, the revival of the Armenian Communities in Syria has become a…
On Saturday, October 23rd, 2021, a meeting took place between His Holiness Catholicos Aram I and Dr. Joanna Wronecka, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon. The Special Coordinator informed His Holiness on UN’s concerns and proposals regarding Lebanon. In turn, the Catholicos briefed on the structure of the Armenian community in Lebanon and underlined…
On behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, the Prelate of Lebanon H.E. Archbishop Shahe Panossian and Vicar of Venezuela H.E. Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian participated in the inauguration ceremony of the Armenian Catholic Patriarch His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI, held at Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, on Sunday morning, October 24th, 2021. …
On Friday, October 22nd, 2021, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received Mauricio Alice, Ambassador of Argentine to Lebanon. The main aim of the visit was to express gratitude on behalf of the Argentinian State for His Holiness’s contribution with an article to the special edition volume dedicated to Pope Francis. They also discussed matters…
The class of 2021 of the Khatcher Kalousdian Pedagogical Center paid a visit of gratitude to His Holiness Catholicos Aram I for his constant support and guidance, on Wednesday, October 20th, 2021. The Center offers teacher training programs based on a curriculum of diverse courses and prepares its students for Technical Baccalaureate Diploma, Superior Technician…
On Wednesday, October 20th, the newly formed “Theological and Ecumenical Committee” of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) held its first meeting virtually, presided by the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs and with members representing different churches in the Middle East. V. Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aprahamian participated in the meeting on behalf of the…
Source: Hayastan All Armenian Fund Thanks to the efforts of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund’s US partner, Armenia Fund Inc, $1 million was raised and transferred to the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia to meet the urgent social needs of the Armenian community and support Armenian educational institutions in Lebanon. The fundraising…
The Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions held its yearly meeting virtually from October 12th to the 14th, 2021. The ecumenical officers of each respective church family and communion shared their reports and updates. The executive session of the conference elected its new chair for the upcoming term, and finalized the details of the…
Following their election for a one-year term, the committee of the Armenian Church University Students Association (ACUSA), headed by their newly appointed spiritual advisor V. Rev. Fr. Zaven Najarian, visited His Holiness Aram I to receive his blessing, and present their agenda for the upcoming year.
On Tuesday, October 12th, 2021, a meeting was held between His Holiness Aram I and His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI, at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, in Beirut. His Holiness warmly congratulated His Beatitude on his election as head of the Armenian Catholic Church and expressed hope of continued fraternal cooperation between the two Churches.…
As per tradition at the Catholicosate of Cilicia, on the Feast of the Holy Translators, the Divine Liturgy is officiated by the Dean of the Seminary at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, in Antelias, followed by a celebration in the Main Hall of the Catholicosate to mark the opening of the academic year of the…
His Holiness Aram I presented Rev. Fr. Mesrob Kerkezian with a letter of blessing to honor the priest’s distinguished life-time of service to the Armenian Church. The event was held on Friday, October 8th, 2021, at St. Mary Monastery in Bikfaya, following the Eve of the Feast of Holy Translators service. In the opening…
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I paid an official congratulatory visit to the newly-elected Spiritual Head(Sheikh al-Aql) of the Lebanese Druze community Sheikh Sami Abial-Mona, at the community’s headquarters in Beirut, on Thursday, October 7th, 2021. His Holiness extended his warm wishes to the Spiritual Leader and expressed hope that the Sheikh al-Aql will not…
On Monday, October 4th, 2021, the Armenian Theological Seminary held its faculty meeting prior to the start of the 2021-2022 academic year, chaired by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, and attended by the Dean of the Seminary V. Rev. Fr. Barouyr Shernezian, as well as supervisors V. Rev. Fr. Kevork Karageozian and V. Rev. Fr.…
The presentation of the musical collection (two volumes) of the Armenian composer and conductor Parsegh Ganatchian (1885-1967) was held in Yeravan, Armenia, on Friday evening, October 1st, 2021. The volumes were initially launched at the Catholicosate of Cilicia in in 2019, and having attracted the attention of the musical society in Armenia, a special event…
