His Holiness Aram I receives Ignatius Aphrem II Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church

11 July 2015. On Saturday evening, Patriarch Aphrem II accompanied by clergy from Syria and Lebanon visited His Holiness Aram I at the St. Mary’s Monastery in Bikfaya. The Patriarch thanked the Catholicos for his presence at the conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Syriac Genocide in Turkey, and then they discussed ways for…

The Catholicosate Of Cilicia Bestows Upon Thirteen Priests The First Four Ranks Of Vartabed (doctor in the dogma of the Church)

On Sunday, 12 July 2015, during the Holy Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I authorized the granting of the first four ranks of Vartabed to thirteen priests. Before the chanting of the Lord’s Prayer by the celebrant, Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Prelate of the Diocese of Aderbadagan in Iran, Very Rev. Sipan Ketchejian, the Dean of the…