Catholicosate of Cilicia
Antelias - Lebanon
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE ANGLICAN–ORIENTAL ORTHODOX INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION MEETING
The Anglican–Oriental Orthodox International Commission held a virtual meeting on October 27th, 2020, in lieu of its yearly gathering, due to the Coronavirus. V. Rev. Fr. Hrant Tahanian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate, and V. Rev. Fr. Zareh Sarkissian,...
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF SECRETARIES OF WORLD CHRISTIAN COMMUNIONS
The annual Conference of Secretaries of World Christian Communions held a virtual meeting on October 20th to the 22nd, 2020, in lieu of its yearly gathering, due to the Coronavirus. V. Rev. Fr. Hrant Tahanian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate, participated on...
THE ONLY PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE ARTSAKH ISSUE IS THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH” ARAM A. CATHOLICOS
On Wednesday, October 28th, 2020, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received a delegation from the Lebanese Forces (LF) party composed of members of the Lebanese Parliament and former ministers. The aim of the visit was to express the solidarity of the LF party and...
HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVES THE HAMAZKAYIN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
On Saturday, October 24th, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received the Hamazkayin Central Committee headed by Dr. Meguerditch Meguerditchian. During the meeting, they discussed the activities of the Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Society through its...
HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I RATIFIED THE ELECTION OF THE NEW PRELATE OF THE WESTERN PRELACY OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH IN THE USA
On Monday, October 19th, 2020, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I ratified the election of HG Bishop Torkom Donoyan as the prelate of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Church in the USA in a Pontifical letter directed to the Diocesan National Representative Assembly...
NATIONAL FUNERAL SERVICE FOR HRAYR SOGHOMONIAN
On Tuesday, October 20th, 2020, a national funeral service will be held for the chair of the National General Assembly of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and national benefactor, at the Catholicosate of Cilicia. Due to the coronavirus, condolences will be received...
HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVED THE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO LEBANON HE MR. VAHAGN ATABEKYAN
On Friday, October 16th, 2020, His Holiness Aram I received the Ambassador of the Armenian Republic to Lebanon HE Mr. Vahagn Atabekyan. The two discussed the situation in Artsakh amid the ongoing Azeri-Turkish aggression on the Republic of Artsakh, despite the...
HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I HONORS THE LATE HAROUTIOUN SAMUELIAN WITH THE “KNIGHT OF CILICIA” INSIGNIA
On Friday, October 16th, 2020, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I honors the late Haroutioun Samuelian with the “Knight of Cilicia” Insignia. Samuelian has served as the vice-governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon for many years and has been an active member of the...
A SOLEMN DIVINE LITURGY ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE HOLY TRANSLATORS AND THE OPENING OF THE 90TH ACADEMIC YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
On Sunday, October 11th, 2020, on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Translators, the opening of the 90th academic year of the Armenian Theological Seminary took place with a Divine Liturgy, which was presided by His Holiness Aram I and celebrated by the newly...
NATIONAL BENEFACTOR HRAYR SOGHOMONIAN PASSES AWAY
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, the National General Assembly of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, the Religious and the Lay Councils of the Assembly, and the Cilician brotherhood mourn the passing of the Chair of the National General Assembly, member of the Finance Body...
PRAYERS IN SOLIDARITY OF ARTSAKH IN ANTELIAS
On October 4th, 2020, during the Sunday Divine Liturgy celebrated at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I offered prayers for Artsakh and the Armenian Army, who are fighting for their God-given right to live freely and...
HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF THE EMIR OF KUWAIT SHEIKH SABAH AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH
His Holiness Aram I sent letters of condolences to the family of the deceased Emir and the Prime Minister of Kuwait, on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, and personally, over the death of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In his...
