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  • ANTELIAS: HH Aram I on Occastion of May 28, Anniv. of 1st Republic

    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

    "WE CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH THE VISION OF 28 MAY AND REJECT ALL OTHER
    SOLUTIONS THAT DMAGE OUR JUST CAUSE" SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

    On Sunday 31 May 2009, the Armenian Community in Lebanon celebrated at the
    Catholicosate in Anterlias the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic 28
    May 1918, and the victory of the Battle of Sardarabad. This day was also the
    feast of the name of Catholicos Aram I.

    His Holiness Aram I presided over the thanksgiving liturgy; and the memorial
    ceremony praying for the soldiers who died during the battle of Sardarabad
    to stop Turkey from conquering the last portion of historical Armenian land
    and destroying the Armenian Nation. The battle took place 24-26 May 1918,
    and was part of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.

    At the end of the liturgy the procession headed by His Holiness Aram I went
    to the Main Hall of the Catholicosate for a ceremony of thanksgiving and
    praise. Mr. Sarkis Guiragossian, a member of the Faculty of the Seminary
    spoke of the battle and its meaning for the Armenian Nation today. He spoke
    of the legacy of the First President of Armenia Aram Manoukian and the
    meaning that legacy has taken through the Spiritual Guidance of His Holiness
    Aram I.

    At the end of the ceremony, Catholicos Aram I paid tribute to Sardarabad
    heroes and referred to the difficult struggle of the Armenian people both in
    the past and the present. He said that the victory of 28 May 1918 was the
    result of national unity. He urged Armenians everywhere to make unity and
    consensus the basis of all decisions that will affect the destiny of the
    nation, and reject any offer that will damage it. Celebrations ended by the
    community members presenting their good wishes to His Holiness Aram I and
    receiving his blessings.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos386.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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