His Holiness Catholicos Aram I visited the Armenian Sanitorium of Azounieh on the morning of Monday, December 18th, 2023, for a Christmas visit. Accompanied by a delegation from the Cilician brotherhood, the Catholicos intended to observe the Christmas and New Year celebrations, offer his pontifical blessings and stay abreast of the sanitorium’s latest developments. …
The eve of the feast of St. Jacob of Nisibis (Surp Hagop Medzpina Hayrabed) was solemnly observed at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, presided over by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, on Friday, December 15th, 2023. Armenian faithful hold this occasion dear, receiving the saint’s blessing by approaching the relic of St.…
Under the auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I and organized by the Christian Education Department of the Holy See of Cilicia, students from the Sunday school of the Armenian Prelacy of Lebanon gathered at the Catholicosate in Antelias on the morning of Saturday, December 2nd. They participated in the Divine Liturgy, celebrated by the…
On Sunday, October 29th, 2023, following the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received the Sunday School students of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and bestowed his pontifical blessing upon them. The children were accompanied by the director of the Christian Education department, V. Rev. Fr. Stepanos Pashayan, and the Sunday school director, Ms. Janine…
It is customary for the Sunday School students of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, headed by their director, adorned with their “Poon Paregentan: costumes to visit His Holiness Catholicos Aram I on the Eve of the Great Lent. As such, on February 19th, 2023, following the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness received the children in the…
Per tradition, the Catholicosate’s Sunday School commences its school year with paying a visit to His Holiness Catholicos Aram I to receive his pontifical blessings and exhortations. As such, on November 6th, 2022, following the Divine Liturgy, the director of the Sunday School Ms. Janine Tanielian led the students and teachers to the…
Under the auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I and organized by the Christian Education Department, a week of special services, prayers and Bible studies were held between August 8th to 12th of 2022, at St. Mary Monastery in Bikfaya, celebrating the Monastery’s Pilgrimage Day. On this occasion, His Holiness Aram I met with…
The tradition of visiting His Holiness Aram I to receive his blessings before the beginning of the Sunday school year resumed after a short interruption due to the Pandemic. On Sunday, November 28th, 2021, following the Divine Liturgy, a group of students, their parents and the teachers, headed by the director of the Christian Education…
As a response to the continuing dire economic situation in Lebanon, and the challenges facing our families, the Catholicosate once again provided food stuff through the Christian Education Department to 200 families.
On Sunday, November 3rd, 2019, His Holiness Aram I received a group of Sunday School Students with their parents and the Sunday School teachers following the Divine Liturgy, at the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. On this occasion, the Sunday School students offered hymns and psalms they had prepared, and received the admiration of…
On Tuesday, June 11th, 2019, the Women’s Bible Study of the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia concluded this year’s sessions. On this occasion and according to the tradition, the last session was conducted by His Holiness Aram I. The welcoming remarks were delivered by the director of the above mentioned department…
On Monday, March 25th, His Holiness Aram I received senior citizens for a Mid-Lent luncheon organized by the Christian Education Department. The luncheon hosted around 100 elderly coming from the Armenian Elderly Home in Bourdj Hamoud, the Armenian Sanitorium of Azounieh and the Social Work Department of the Armenian Prelacy of Lebanon. Before the…
On Friday, March 22nd, 2019, a Mid-Lent Luncheon was held at the Catholicosate of Cilicia, organized by the Catholicosate’s Sunday School administration and its Ladies Auxiliary. On this occasion, His Holiness Aram I visited the event, shared a meal with them and gave them his blessings. His Holiness also addressed the attendees of the luncheon…
On Sunday morning, March 3rd, 2019, following the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I received the Sunday School students on the occasion of Poun Paregentan (the Eve of the Great Lent). The children were disguised in different costumes and presented hymns and songs of the feast that they have learned in Sunday schools. His Holiness…
Under the auspices of His Holiness Aram I and organized by the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, the two-day Inter-Diocesan Christian Education Conference convened on the morning of February 1st, 2019, in Antelias. The participants of the conference were representatives of Christian education departments of the Catholicosate’s prelacies constituting the Christian Education…
During Christmas time, by the blessing of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, Catholicosate of Cilicia doubles its effort to reach as many people as possible through its social services. Volunteers gathered around the Armenian Church Christian Education Department prepared many gifts, including food, to 170 families in…
On Friday, December 14th, 2018, the Feast of St. James of Nisibis was celebrated at the Catholicosate of Cilicia during which the Blessing of the Four Corners of the World (Antasdan) was performed with the relics of St James of Nisibis and St. Nicholas Wonderworker taken out from the Cilicia Museum. His Holiness Aram I…
On November 18th, 2018, following the Divine Liturgy, Sunday Schools’ students, accompanied by their teachers and parents, met with His Holiness Aram I. The students had the opportunity to perform in front of His Holiness what they had learned at Sunday Schools. They sang hymns and recited prayers and the Catholicos was incredibly impressed…
A group of volunteers from the Christian Education Department worked together for weeks and prepared some church objects, such as handmade veil/curtain of the Holy Altar and other handmade covers. They offered these items to St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias.
On August 24th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I visited the Summer Bible Camp organized by the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. The Bible Camp is held in “Birds’ Nest” in Jbeil, from August 20th to August 27th. Upon his arrival, His Holiness was received by the participants and welcomed by the Head…
Ordered by His Holiness Aram I and funded by “Hayoki” publications, the Christian Education Department of the Armenian Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia, released its latest service booklet “Aghotenk Havadkov.” You can collect one of the 100.000 copies available for you for free from our churches.
On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018, His Holiness Aram I welcomed the participants of the Women’s Bible Study in the Main Hall of the Catholicosate, where more than 100 women had gathered to receive His Holiness’ blessings. The Women’s Bible Study is a weekly gathering taking place at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, under the…
On Thursday 25 May 2017, His Holiness Aram I inaugurated an exhibition of the paintings of Ms Nanar Kurumlyian-Hajian at the ‘Cilicia Hall’. The event was organized by the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Catholicos. Representing the department, Mrs Janine Tanielian, a member of the…
1 November 2015. On Sunday morning, following the Holy Liturgy, the children attending the Sunday School held at the Catholicosate, accompanied by their teachers and parents met with His Holiness Aram I. Listening and talking to Sunday School students is one of the ongoing concerns of the Catholicos. After a brief conversation with…
2 December 2014. On Tuesday His Holiness Aram I addressed the 300 women attending the Christian education course organized annually by the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of Cilica. He first referred to the International Day for Older Persons established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1990, and said that…
23 November 2014. At the end of Sunday School classes, the Catholicos met with the Sunday School students and teachers of the Antelias region. His Holiness considers these meetings an important aspect of his vocation as the pastor. After engaging the students and teachers in discussion, Catholicos Aram I thanked the teachers and parents for…
The annual Bible Study Course for women, organized by the Christian Education Department, ended on 17 June 2014. On this occasion His Holiness Aram I attended the closing ceremony and addressed the 150 women who followed the course. The Catholicos quoted 2 Thessalonians 2: 15 “…. stand firm and hold to the traditions which…
From the 13th to the16th of August, around two hundred women gathered at the Convent in Bikfaya to participate in this year’s lecture series dedicated to Mary the Theotokos. The event precedes the celebration of the Feast of Mary, which runs from the 16th to the 18th of August. On the last day…
On Friday evening, 2 August 2013, a large number of clergy, artists and parents of the Sunday School students gathered at the Der Melkonian Theater in Bourj Hammoud to participate in the selection of the “Star Child Singer.” This was the third annual Children Song Contest, an event instituted when His Holiness Aram I declared…
18 June 2013. More than 200 women who had gathered in St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral received their certificates for the 2012-2013 course. At the end of the presentations, His Holiness Aram I told the women that as 2013 is the Year of the Armenian Mother, their participation in the course carried a special message:…
On 29 May 2013, the director of the Christian Education Department and conductor of Shenorhali Choir, Rev. Torkom Donoyan, and two members of the Choir presented to His Holiness Aram I the first copy of the CD. The CD includes hymns, melodies and songs from the Armenian liturgy and ancient music performed by the choir,…
On Sunday 10 February after the Holy Liturgy, the Sunday school children, disguised in carnival costumes, with their parents and teachers met His Holiness Aram I and received his blessings. He commended the lively Sunday Schools and noted that these schools in all the dioceses of the Catholicosate have been teaching religious education since their…
