His Holiness Aram I receives Professor Emeritus Richard Hovanissian of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)  

  25 February 2017. On Saturday Morning, Richard Hovanissian, Armenian Educational Foundation Professor of Modern Armenian History at UCLA, met with Catholicos Aram I in his office. Professor Hovanissian was accompanied by members of the Lebanon Committee of ‘Tekeyan Cultural Association.’ Discussions focussed primarily on the status of the lawsuit that the Catholicosate of Cilicia…

His Holiness Aram I receives the children of Sunday Schools on ‘Poun Pareguentan’ (Shrovetide)

26 February 2017. On Sunday morning, following the Holy Liturgy at St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, the Monastery Sunday School students, accompanied by their teachers and parents, met with His Holiness Aram I. To mark the day in the traditional way, they wore masks.   After greeting the children, teachers and parents, Catholicos Aram I…

Church Services during the forty days of Lent at the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias

Armenian Church Fathers have described the Great Lent as the “Powerful Gate,” constructed through self-introspection and abstinence, in anticipation of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For the Fathers, the Great Lent is an invitation to engage in spiritual quest. According to Gregory of Datev, “the spirit is cleansed by tears serving as hot water and…