His Holiness Catholicos Aram I presided over consultation sessions, an initiative of the Khatchig Babiguian Publication Fund committee, dedicated to the centennial of the Treaty of Lausanne, on April 22 to 24, at the Cilicia Museum in Antelias. Ā The consultations aim to shed light on the legal avenues that do not render the historical…
On Thursday, January 12th, 2023, the āMatenadaranā Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, held a launching ceremony for āProceedings of the Executive Council of the Diocese of Adana (starting 2 march 1905, ending 10 April 1915).ā a volume jointly published by the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the āMatenadaran.ā With the blessing of His…
On Monday, January 16th, 2023, the board of Khatchig Babigian Publication Fund met in Antelias, presided by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. In attendance were: Yervant Pamboukian, Prof. Ashod Melkonian, Shahan Kandaharian, Khatchig Dedeyan, and Khatchig Der Ghougasian joined online. Ā Ā His Holiness Aram I made a general evaluation of the latest publications by…
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…
On Saturday, March 13th, 2021, the Khatchig Babikian Fund Committee held their virtual meeting presided by His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. The meeting was chaired by Yervant Pamboukian. Also present were Professor Ashod Melkonian, Shahan Kandaharian, Giro Manoyan, and Khatchig Dedeyan who are members in the committee. Ā The…
It is with a great pleasure that we announce the release of Archbishop Zareh Aznavourian’s work āAgainst Jehovah‘s Witnesses” (in Armenian), published by the Armenian Church Christian Education Department, and with the generous sponsorship of the Armenian Prelacy of the Western United States of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America.
Ordered by His Holiness Aram I and funded by āHayokiā publications, the Christian Education Department of the Armenian Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia, released its latest service booklet āAghotenk Havadkov.ā You can collect one of the 100.000 copies available for you for free from our churches.
āThrough your performance you assured us that you would safeguard western Armenian language and cultural heritageā, said His Holiness Aram I Ā On Sunday 16 June 2013, the faithful of the Catholicosate celebrated the 18th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Aram I and the distribution of awards to the winners of the Fourth…
Upon the encouragement of His Holiness Aram I, the Armenian Studies Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia organized the fourth annual schools competition from 2 March to 7 April in Antelias. Once more, 115 students from 14 Tertiary and 10 Secondary Armenian Schools in Lebanon participated. The competition covered the following disciplines: Armenian language and…
