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  • ANTELIAS: UAE Armenians Greet HH Aram I at St. Gregory Church

    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 ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GREETS HIS HOLINESS ARAM
    I
    AT THE ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR ARMENIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

    On Friday 30 January 2009, the Armenian Community in Sharja (UAE) welcomed
    His Holiness Aram I at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Orthodox
    Church.

    "We should not only build churches, but we should become the Church" was the
    theme of his pastoral message. In his message he spoke of the importance of
    making the church a community; a place where love and hope becomes the
    vocation of each member. He reminded the community "every child is committed
    to this vocation through his/her Baptism when the God Father takes the oath
    to lead the child in "Faith, Hope and Love". He then continued "we must
    re-own and express this commitment through our family life, in schools and
    as a community. By teaching faith, love and hope, Jesus showed us the way to
    God, and the way to live out God's command in this world. Through Baptism
    every Christian becomes a member of the Body of Christ, which is the Church.
    Therefore, Christians cannot remain outside the church because they are the
    church. The church is not only the building, the church is the reflection of
    christian life expressed through its members individually and collectively,
    as the community of faith, love and hope in this world.

    At the end of the message His Holiness met the members of the community.

    ##
    View the photos here:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos355.htm
    *****
    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the dioceses 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.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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