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  • ANTELIAS: New Year's reception at 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

    "LET US RENEW OUR LIFE IN COMMUNITY IN 2009"
    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

    On New Year's Day, after the Holy Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I received the
    members of the congregation in the Main Hall of his residence in Antelias.

    On behalf of the brotherhood and the laity, Bishop Nareg Alemezian wished
    His Holiness long life and thanked him for his spiritual leadership, his
    efforts for the renewal of the church, his concern for the youth and his
    decision to declare 2009 the Year for Youth.

    In his New Year's message His Holiness Aram I emphasized the importance of
    building community. "Building community, he said, is in the essence of our
    church, and our vision of community is based on mutual accountability.
    Mutual accountability, he continued, implies building life on shared values
    and not on vested interests. If we still exist as a nation, it is because of
    our commitment as a people to our shared values. We should reaffirm this
    legacy and build our community with integrity and objectivity. A community
    that is founded on shared values, acts with integrity and is guided by
    objectivity, will more readily renew itself and its institutions."

    Catholicos Aram I then stressed the vital importance of the renewal of the
    Armenian Church: "When I speak of institutions, I also mean the church. The
    church is not building where we pray. The church is a mission. The mission
    is to become a praying and life-giving community. As 2009 will be the year
    of Youth, I invite you to help the youth build our new community of
    mission."

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos351.htm
    *****
    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
    the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
    the Catholicosate, http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.
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