Catholicosate of Cilicia
Antelias - Lebanon
ALL PATHS LEAD US TO GOD – A Review on “Turning to God”, by His Holiness Aram I
By V. Rev. Fr. Barouyr Shernezian Prior to my short trip to the States, I visited His Holiness in his office to receive his blessings. I was privileged and honored to be presented with his new book entitled “Turning to God”; a diary depicting the events...
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I’S MEETINGS
On Tuesday, May 11th, His Holiness Aram I received the following visitors: 1) Msgr. Antoine Bou Najem, the recently elected Maronite Archbishop of Antelias 2) Mr. Ardavazt Melkisetian, from The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party, Lebanon 3) Mr....
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVED LEBANON’S CARETAKER MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS VARTINEH OHANIAN-KEVORKIAN
On Friday, May 7th, 2021, upon returning from Armenia, Ms. Vartineh Ohanian-Kevorkian, Lebanon's Caretaker Minister of Youth and Sports, visited His Holiness Aram I. Ms. Ohanian-Kevorkian had traveled to Armenia to attend and represent Lebanon’s President Michel...
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES LETTER FROM GREEK PM THE HON. KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS
The Honorable Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece wrote a April 23rd dated letter to His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, which outlined the intimate relationship between the Greek and Armenian people and churches....
LUNCHEON BETWEEN TWO PONTIFFS
On May 1st, 2021,His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, accompanied by H.E. Archbishop Shahe Panossian, Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy of Lebanon visited Bkerki, on the invitation of His Beatitude Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi,...
THE NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN ANTELIAS
On Thursday, April 29th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received the Norwegian Ambassador to Lebanon HE Martin Yttervik, accompanied by representatives of Norwegian state and church humanitarian organizations. This gathering was organized as a follow-up to a meeting...
THE LEADER OF THE LEBANESE KATAEB PARTY MET WITH HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
On Thursday, April 29th, 2021, Samy Gemayel, Leader of Lebanese Kataeb Party, alongside his entourage met with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. Present also at the hour-long meeting was ARF Member of Parliament, Hagop Pakradounian. ...
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES OVER THE REQUIEM SERVICE HELD AT THE BIRDS’ NEST ORPHANAGE
On Tuesday morning, April 27th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by Cilician brothers, visited the Birds’ Nest Orphanage, in Byblos, where the Armenian Genocide Orphans’ “Aram Bezikian” museum is located, and presided over the requiem service and wreath...
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVED DELEGATIONS REPRESENTING THE LEBANESE FORCES AND THE FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT RESPECTIVELY
On Monday morning, April 26th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received delegations representing the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement respectively. The delegations consisted of members of parliament and ministers. Present to the meetings was Armenian MP Hagop...
SOLIDARITY STATEMENTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 106TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The president of the Republic of Lebanon Michel Aoun held a phone conversation with His Holiness Aram I following the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the occasion of the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, April 24th, 2021, and expressed his solidarity...
“YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE PRESIDENT WHO FULFILLED HIS ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN PLEDGE” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
On April 24th, 2021, in his official statement marking the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the President of the United State of America Joe Biden described the planned extermination of the Armenian people carried out by the Ottoman-Turkish state by...
“WE CLAIM JUSTICE: RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE AND REPARATION” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
On the occasion of 24th April which is the Remembrance Day of one and a half million Armenian martyrs, the victims of genocide which was planned and executed by the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1915, a Eucharistic celebration was held in the court of the Catholicosate,...
