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  • ANTELIAS: Commemoration of the Parable of the Ten Maidens in Antelia

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

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    HOLY WEEK VESPERS REMEMBERING THE PARABLE OF TEN BRIDESMAIDS

    On Tuesday 30 March 2010, Vespers service was devoted to the Parable of Ten
    Bridesmaids (Mathew 25:1-13). During the service, while the celebrant read
    the Gospel, ten young girls holding lit candles stood in front of the Altar.
    After the reading, the girls read the papers given to them as they
    approached the Alter. Those bridesmaids who had papers written 'foolish'
    extinguished their candles.

    At the end of the Vespers, the Celebrant priest, the 'Ten Bridesmaids' and
    the faithful, walked in procession to meet His Holiness Aram I. Before
    giving his blessings, His Holiness Aram I reminded everyone of the
    importance of the Parable. He said: "The parable tells us to be always ready
    to receive the Lord" Readiness here implies our responsibility in living our
    Christian life. However, he said, the Parable also leaves us with another
    thought: Should we be ready as individuals? The parable urges us to be in
    dialogue and in solidarity with those who are not yet ready by helping them.
    He then expressed his joy in seeing the people participating in the rituals
    of the Armenian Church with devotion. As the people greeted His Holiness
    they also received symbolic gifts.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos463.htm
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    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. Its jurisdiction extends over the Armenian
    Communities in the Middle East, Europe and North and South America. The
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon. /// Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia - Communication and
    Information Department.
    Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director.
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