Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

ANTELIAS: Catholicos visits photo exhibition in Beirut

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • ANTELIAS: Catholicos visits photo exhibition in Beirut

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

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm


    KOUNDAKDJIAN'S LENS REVEALS THE HIDDEN CORNERS OF HISTORY


    His Holiness Aram I visited Haigazian University on May 8 after having
    praised the photo exhibition held there the day before. The Pontiff was
    received by the President of Haigazian University, Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian
    and professional photographer Harry Koundakdjian. V. Rev. Fr. Krikor
    Chiftjian and Rev. Fr. Mesrob Sarkissian accompanied His Holiness.

    On the occasion of Martyrs' day on May 6, Harry Koundakdjian made
    available to the Lebanese public a sample of the numerous pictures he has
    taken over the course of fifty years. The exhibition, a collection of about
    50 photos from the camera of this well-known photographer, captured those
    moments and aspects of reality usually invisible to the naked eye. They
    portrayed international events and faces from over 20 countries depicted in
    a changing atmosphere of fear, confusion, death, mourning, happiness and
    richness.

    His Holiness highly praised the University for having organized the
    exhibition specially in the current situation in Lebanon. He also praised
    the photographer, who as a true son of the Catholicosate of Cilicia,
    provided a large section in his exhibition to pictures revealing hidden
    moments in the Holy See's history.

    Koundakdjian reaffirmed his commitment to become a speaker on behalf of
    the Armenian Church, the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Armenian people
    through his lens.

    The Pontiff had awarded the "Saint Mesrob Meshdots" medal to Koundakdjian
    during a special event organized last year in the course of his official
    visit to the Eastern Diocese of the United States.

    ##
    View the photo here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos91.htm #2
Working...
X