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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Thanksgiving Prayer to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the Consecration of
Catholicos Aram I
Antelias - 16 June 2013. On Sunday, during the Holy Liturgy, a special
thanksgiving prayer service was held to celebrate the 18th anniversary of
the consecration of His Holiness Aram I as Catholicos of Cilicia. After the
Biblical readings, Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Tehran, the
celebrant of the day, described Catholicos Aram I as the shepherd who not
only led the flock, but also gave worldwide visibility to the Catholicosate
of Cilicia, carving a role for the Church on ecumenical, international and
local levels. He then prayed for the Catholicos' health and wished him long
life on behalf of the clergy and laity.
At the end of the liturgy, the members of the clergy, members of the General
Assembly and the faithful met at the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. His
Holiness Aram I first distributed the awards to students who had won the
school competitions in Armenian language, history and culture organized by
the Khatchik Babikian Foundation; he then thanked everyone for the
anniversary celebrations and said, "As servants of the Church, our journey
of service is expressed in through different gifts and in different forms.
However the essence of the journey of the Armenian clergy is "Christ's way".
Thanksgiving celebrations ended with the participants congratulating His
Holinesss Aram I and receiving his blessing.
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Photos: http://armenianorthodoxchurch.org/gallery-2
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Thanksgiving Prayer to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the Consecration of
Catholicos Aram I
Antelias - 16 June 2013. On Sunday, during the Holy Liturgy, a special
thanksgiving prayer service was held to celebrate the 18th anniversary of
the consecration of His Holiness Aram I as Catholicos of Cilicia. After the
Biblical readings, Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Tehran, the
celebrant of the day, described Catholicos Aram I as the shepherd who not
only led the flock, but also gave worldwide visibility to the Catholicosate
of Cilicia, carving a role for the Church on ecumenical, international and
local levels. He then prayed for the Catholicos' health and wished him long
life on behalf of the clergy and laity.
At the end of the liturgy, the members of the clergy, members of the General
Assembly and the faithful met at the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. His
Holiness Aram I first distributed the awards to students who had won the
school competitions in Armenian language, history and culture organized by
the Khatchik Babikian Foundation; he then thanked everyone for the
anniversary celebrations and said, "As servants of the Church, our journey
of service is expressed in through different gifts and in different forms.
However the essence of the journey of the Armenian clergy is "Christ's way".
Thanksgiving celebrations ended with the participants congratulating His
Holinesss Aram I and receiving his blessing.
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Photos: http://armenianorthodoxchurch.org/gallery-2