After visits to Greece, Cyprus, Kuwait, Canada, and Lebanon within the scope of the pontifical proclaim “Year of the Diaspora II: From Self-Examination to Reorganization,” His Holiness Catholicos Aram I started his visit to the Eastern Prelacy continuing his mission to revitalize Diasporan life through the various fields of activity of the Cilician Catholicosate prelacies.
Catholicos Aram I arrived in Washington, D.C. on Monday, November 6. He was welcomed by His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy; the charge d’affaires of the Lebanese Embassy, Wael Hachemi; Very Rev. Fr. Sahag Yemishian, Vicar, and community members. His Holiness will visit the communities of Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New Jersey, Troy, New Britain, and New York City, and will meet with our faithful and various governmental, diocesan, and religious bodies. He will give lectures, have ecumenical and youth meetings, and preside over a meeting of clergy from the three prelacies of North America.
Catholicos Aram I will be accompanied also by His Eminence Archbishop Papken, Prelate of the Canadian Prelacy; His Grace Bishop Torkom, Prelate of the Western Prelacy; Mr. Stepan Der Bedrosian, co-chair of the Central Executive Council of the Catholicosate; Very Rev. Fr. Hovagim Panjarjian, head of the Media Department of the Catholicosate, and Very Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aprahamian, head of the Middle East and Christian-Islam dialogue section of the Ecumenical Department of the Catholicosate.
