In 2016, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I published “The Armenian Church,” a comprehensive account of the Armenian Orthodox Church that covers its history, structure, theology, rites and rituals. This significant work has been translated into Arabic, French, Persian, Russian, and German. Recently, the Greek translation was released, following a decision by the Holy Synod of…
On Friday, April 19th, under the auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, a special ceremony dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Birds’ Nest Orphanage following the Armenian Genocide was held in the ‘Armenian Genocide Orphans ‘Aram Bezikian’ Museum, located in the orphanage vicinity. During the ceremony, the publication of the…
We are glad to announce the publication of the second edition of “St. Nerses the Gracious and Church Unity,” authored by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, on the occasion of the 850th commemoration of the saint. The first part of the book provides a historical analysis of the 12th-century Cilicia Kingdom in both political…
On Thursday, January 12th, 2023, the “Matenadaran” Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, held a launching ceremony for “Proceedings of the Executive Council of the Diocese of Adana (starting 2 march 1905, ending 10 April 1915).” a volume jointly published by the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the “Matenadaran.” With the blessing of His…
The Paulinus-Verlag publishing house has released the German translation of His Holiness Aram I’s “The Armenian Church.” Note that the book is also available in Arabic, Persian, Russian and French, while the Greek and the Chinese translations will be available soon.
With the blessing of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, the 2023 pocket liturgical calendar of the Armenian Church has been released, prepared by V. Rev. Fr. Bsag Tepirjian.
On Tuesday, May 18th, 2021, the recent publication “100th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia: Conference Materials (Antelias, 21-23 March 2018)” was presented in the Presidential Center of the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia (NAS of RA), in Yerevan. The publication was released this year and contains the research papers…
The book is a crises-diary; it discusses issues and challenges of theological, political, social and ecological nature. In its preface the author writes.- “The urgent call spelled out in these reflections is two-fold: first, humanity should respond in faith and hope to situations of crisis, uncertainty, and anxiety; and, second, anthropocentrism must be challenged by…
With the blessings of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, the Information and the Communication Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia organized a virtual book launch event on the volumes of hymnals “Tsaynakryal Sharagan Hayasdanyayts Yegeghetsvo” (Recorded hymns of the Armenian Church) on Friday evening, February 12th, 2021. The editor of the volumes Archbishop Oshagan…
It is with a great pleasure that we announce the release of Archbishop Zareh Aznavourian’s work “Against 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.
The Arabic translation of “The Armenian Church,” a book written by His Holiness Aram I with a brief but complete account of the history, theology, rites and rituals of the Armenian Church, is now available in the Arabic language. The translation was done by Dr. Houry Azezian from Aleppo. The same title is also…
“The Armenian Church,” authored by His Holiness Aram I, is now released in Russian. The book is translated by Lilit Aghekyan and is published thanks to the financial support of Gary and Janis Arvanigian. You can find the book in Persian, German, French and Arabic translations, while translations into other languages will be published…
With a great pleasure we announce the release of the Persian translation of His Holiness Aram I’s “The Armenian Church” under the title «كليساى ارمنى». Ordered by Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, prelate of the Armenian Prelacy of Tehran, the book is translated by Rev. Michel Aghamalian and is published thanks to the financial support of Mr.…
The publishing house of the Catholicosate of Cilicia released the French translation of His Holiness Aram I’s book “The Armenian Church” under the title “L’Église Armenienne.” The book provides an overview of the Armenian Church’s history, faith, witness, confession, liturgy and mission. Note that other translations are in process.
“Facing New Horizons” is the latest publication of His Holiness Aram I. It consists of excerpts from the Catholicos’ pontifical messages and articles, which tackle topics about the Armenian Church, the Armenian people and the Armenian Diaspora, as well as issues related to the Armenian Cause
On Sunday, November 11th, 2018, following the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I inaugurated the 39th Annual Pan-Armenian Book Fair. The main theme of His Holiness’ speech was the values that Armenian books represent for the Armenian people. He stated that any given life should be lived with ethical, moral, intellectual and aesthetic values,…
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 the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the bookstore of the Catholicosate of Cilicia has established a new online store. Over 1000 titles, 60 different souvenirs and around 40 DVDs and CDs are now available for sale online. The procedures to select and order online, payment, packaging and mailing are based on secured…
On Sunday 16 March 2014, after the Holy Liturgy, Catholicos Aram I inaugurated the 35th Book Fair entitled “Source of Spiritual and Intellectual Enrichment.” In his message, His Holiness stated that although the current innovations in communication and the Internet are providing quick information and knowledge, the Armenian book is the powerful repository of…
On Thursday 24 November 2013, His Holiness Aram I received a delegation representing the Publishing Houses in Armenia accompanied by the Director of the office of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. The head of the Vahé Setian Printing House in Lebanon was also present at the meeting. Catholicos Aram I thanked the guests…
The Catholicosate of Cilicia Continues Publishing the History of Pre-Genocide Armenian Populated Towns in Turkey Volume 4 History of Ayntab Appears On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, His Holiness Aram I is supervising the publication of a series of history books, each devoted to a town…
ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES Aram I In the Introduction of his recent book, His Holiness Aram I states that “two salient features of modern societies occupy a central place in this book.” These are: “First, religion has become pivotal in the daily life of societies. It is, in one way or another and on a…
New Publication History of Taron and Its Regions His Holiness Aram I continues to supervise the publication of the new series of history books that bear witness to the 20th Century atrocities committed against Armenians in the towns and villages of Armenia and Cilicia. Following the publication of the volume on Adana, the…
During the recent Book Fair held at Earl Court in London from 15 to 17 April 2013, the two Publishing Houses exhibited their publications in Armenian and other languages on Church History, history of the Armenians and other documents related to the Armenian Genocide. Mr. Khatchik Dedeyan the Chancillor of the Catholicosate of Cilicia was…
