The Armenology Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia attends a Consultation Organized by the Chair of the Armenian Studies Department, Oxford University

21-23 Jaunuary 2016. His Holiness Aram I nominated Mr Jirair Tanielian, Director of the Armenology Department of the Catholicosate of Cilicia to attend the meeting. The consultation was organized jointly by the Chair of the Armenian Studies Department, and the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, with the financial support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; it was…

His Holiness Aram I receives the Ambassador of Armenia to Lebanon

5 February 2016. On Friday morning Ambassador Ashod Khocharian met with His Holiness Aram I in Antelias. They discussed Armenia-Diaspora relations, issues related to Armenians in Lebanon and future projects.

The Feast of Vartanantz in Antelias

“Renunciation of Christianity would have been the end of ‘Armenian-ness,’” stated His Holiness Aram I   4 February 2016. On Thursday morning His Holiness Aram I presided over the Holy Liturgy dedicated to St Vartanantz at St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias; the celebrant was Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, Primate of Peria (Syria). The feast…

Celebrating the Eve of the Feast Ghevontiantz Clergy

2 February 2016. On Monday, His Holiness Aram I presided over the prayer service dedicated to the Ghevontiantz priests; Archbishop Yeprem Tabakian led the members of the brotherhood in the prayers. The collective term, Ghevontiantz, refers to the priest Ghevont and his companions who accompanied the soldiers during the historical battle of Vartanantz in 451,…

The Representative of His Holiness Aram I discusses Ecumenical Relations with the President of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity (PCPCU)

31 January 2016. On Sunday, the members of the Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Dialogue committee met in Cairo. During the meeting, Archbishop Nareg Alemezian, the Pontifical Representative in Cyprus, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of PCPCU, met privately and discussed relationships between the Catholic Church and the Catholicosate of Cilicia, the situation in Syria and Christian…