THE NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR AND REPRESENTATIVES OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN ANTELIAS

On Thursday, April 29th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received the Norwegian Ambassador to Lebanon HE Martin Yttervik, accompanied by representatives of Norwegian state and church humanitarian organizations.   This gathering was organized as a follow-up to a meeting that had recently convened between His Holiness and the Ambassador, and aimed at discussing the possibilities…

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES OVER THE REQUIEM SERVICE HELD AT THE BIRDS’ NEST ORPHANAGE

On Tuesday morning, April 27th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by Cilician brothers, visited the Birds’ Nest Orphanage, in Byblos, where the Armenian Genocide Orphans’ “Aram Bezikian” museum is located, and presided over the requiem service and wreath laying held in front of Maria Jacobson’s tomb.   Following the service, His Holiness Aram I…

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVED DELEGATIONS REPRESENTING THE LEBANESE FORCES AND THE FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT RESPECTIVELY

On Monday morning, April 26th, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received delegations representing the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement respectively. The delegations consisted of members of parliament and ministers. Present to the meetings was Armenian MP Hagop Pakradouni, head of the Armenian Bloc.   After laying wreaths in front of the Armenian Genocide…

“YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE PRESIDENT WHO FULFILLED HIS ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN PLEDGE” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

    On April 24th, 2021, in his official statement marking the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the President of the United State of America Joe Biden described the planned extermination of the Armenian people carried out by the Ottoman-Turkish state by its exact, historical and legal name: Genocide.   His Holiness Aram I…

“WE CLAIM JUSTICE: RECOGNITION OF GENOCIDE AND REPARATION” HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

On the occasion of 24th April which is the Remembrance Day of one and a half million Armenian martyrs, the victims of genocide which was planned and executed by the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1915, a Eucharistic celebration was held in the court of the Catholicosate, in Antelias, Lebanon, under the auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I.…

AGBU DELEGATION VISITS ANTELIAS

On Friday, April 23rd, 2021, His Holiness Aram I received a 16-member delegation representing various establishments of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), headed by Mr. Gerard Tufenkjian, AGBU Lebanon president.   On behalf of the AGBU, Mr. Tufenkjian briefed His Holiness on the educational, cultural, social and benevolent activities of the Union, focusing on…

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INITIATED BY THE HOLY SEE OF CILICIA AGAINST THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY DEMANDING CATHOLICOSATE’S HISTORICAL SEAT IN SIS CONTINUES

In 2015, at the height of centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the Holy See of Cilicia launched a lawsuit against the Republic of Turkey in efforts to acquire and reclaim the historical Catholicosate of Sis, which was for centuries the Seat of the Catholicosate and continues to be lawfully and legitimately owned by the Holy…

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE PLANNING OF THE 11TH ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

The Assembly Planning Committee of The World Council of Churches, which was appointed by the Central Committee in 2018, met online from March 23rd to the 25th, to continue planning the WCC 11th Assembly, which will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from August 31st to September 8th 2022. Prof. Teny Pirri-Simonian participated on behalf of…

SUPREME ARCHIMANDRITE ORDINATION AT SAINT GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR MOTHER CATHEDRAL IN ANTELIAS

On Saturday, April 10th, 2021, following Evening Service, six Archimandrites from the Cilician Brotherhood were elevated to the rank of Supreme Archimandrite. The service was presided by His Holiness Aram I, while the ordination was performed by His Eminence Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian. Very Rev. Frs. Sdepanos Pashayan, Ardag Arabian, Hrant Tahanian, Shnorhk Ashekian, Boghos Tinkjian,…

“TURNING TO GOD” A NEW BOOK BY HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

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…

THE EASTER CELEBRATION IN ANTELIAS

On Sunday, April 4th, 2021, on the occasion of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia celebrated a pontifical Divine Liturgy. Serving the altar alongside the Pontiff was H.E. Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian and H.G. Bishop Magar Ashkarian, as well as members from the Cilician…

MAUNDY THURSDAY AT THE CATHOLICOSATE

“LOVE MUST BECOME OUR WAY OF LIFE” HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I   On April 1st, 2021, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia presided and conducted the once a year service, the Washing of the Feet.   Sung by the Seminary’s “Armash” Choir, Catholicos Aram I, following the footstep of…