1 March 2015. On Sunday, following the Holy Liturgy at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, His Holiness Aram I presided over the memorial service for the Armenian victims of the massacres by Azeris in Sumgayit 27 years ago. The service was a reminder of the impunity enjoyed by selective states since the…
3 March 2013. On Tuesday His Holiness Aram I will preside over the opening of the 6th biennial meeting in Antelias. The dialogue between the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Islamic Republic of Iran began 15 years ago and takes place interchangeably between Tehran and Antelias. Ā During the two-day meeting 25 experts representing the…
2 March 2013. After a brief absence, His Holiness Aram I returned to Lebanon and received Mor Theophilus George Saliba, Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon, Syrian Orthodox Archbishopric and Secretary to the Holy Synod, who described to him the recent attacks on the Christian villages in the Al-Hasakeh region of Syria near the far northeast of…
The clergy continue to share the concerns of churches in the region and build ecumenical relations by representing the Catholicosate at special events. Ā Rev. Housig Mardirossian, the Ecumenical Officer, attended the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Middle East. He presented His Holiness Aram Iās greetings to Patriarch Laham and…
