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  • ANTELIAS: The 30th Anniversary of Book Exhibition Held in Antelias

    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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Arme nian.htm

    THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK EXHIBITION HELD IN ANTELIAS

    The 30th annual book fare of the Catholicosate of Cilicia was launched this
    Sunday in the Catholicosate's headquarters in Antelias.

    Following the Holy Mass in the Cathedral, the procession of Cilician
    Brotherhood members and Seminary students headed by His Holiness Aram I
    walked towards the Cilicia Museum's surroundings, where the exhibition was
    set up a in huge tent put up for this purpose.

    Religious officials, intellectuals, students and book lovers, a large number
    of believers and journalists attended the opening. The Catholicosate's
    Seminary and Sunday School students delivered a beautiful cultural program
    venerating Armenian culture.

    The exhibition includes several publications from Lebanese Armenian and
    foreign publishing houses, as well as individual authors and publishing
    houses within the Catholicosate.

    In his opening remarks for the event, Lebanese Armenian poet, intellectual
    and Seminary professor Sarkis Giragossian spoke about the Catholicosate of
    Cilicia's cultural mission of the past decades particularly in the field of
    supporting the publication and promotion of Armenian books.

    In his address on this occasion, His Holiness spoke about the commitment
    Armenians should have towards their cultural values and particularly towards
    Armenian books. His Holiness stressed that the absence of Armenians from
    such cultural events is unacceptable and is a sign of their disengagement
    from their Armenian roots. The Pontiff praised the growing scope of the
    annual exhibition over time, adding that the preservation of Armenian
    culture in the Diaspora is an indivisible part of the Catholicosate of
    Cilicia's mission. His Holiness remembered that Armenian book fare launched
    for the first time by the late His Holiness Karekin II of Cilicia, who
    enthusiastically supported the recurrence of the event year after year.

    Referring to the spiritual and intellectual values of Armenians, His
    Holiness considered the Armenian book to be our spiritual intellectual
    bread. In a graphical comparison, he spoke about the long queues that used
    form in front of bakeries, pointing out that the queues in front of the
    "value" bakeries have started to recede. The number of individuals reading
    Armenian books and concerned with the state of the Armenian book has
    decreased.

    The Pontiff commended all the organizations and individuals supporting the
    Armenian book. He pledged that the Holy See of Cilicia will continue its
    mission with the same commitment not only in Antelias but also in all the
    dioceses, preserving Armenian cultural and spiritual values and the heritage
    of our ancestors.

    The exhibition showcases spiritual, philosophical, literary, pedagogical
    books and books on the church, literary criticism, music and culture. The
    exhibition will remain open until December 21, 2008, from 9 AM in the
    morning till 7 PM in the evening.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos342.htm

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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