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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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECORATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS MARIUS GAROYAN
On Thursday 3 September 2009, His Holiness Aram I expressed his appreciation
to Mr Marius Garoyan, President of the House of Representatives of the
Republic of Cyprus during a reception organized in his honor. In the
presence of Cypriot, Lebanese and Armenian officials and members of the
brotherhood His Holiness said: "Mr Garoyan is a political leader who has
been able to locate the just demands of the rights of the Greek Cypriot and
the Armenian people from Turkey within the current geopolitical context.
Declarations and Conventions on genocide and human rights become ossified
unless justice is actualized. Recent agreements regarding open frontiers and
good neighbourliness cannot over-shadow evidence of the Armenian Genocide.
Demanding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a collective
responsibility because we are accountable to our martyrs." At the end of his
message, Catholicos Aram I decorated Mr. Garoyan with the highest award of
the Catholicosate, "Knight of Cilicia".
Mr Marius Garoyan thanked His Holiness Aram I and reaffirmed his commitment
to the just causes of the people of Cyprus and the Armenians in Lebanon and
the Diaspora. He said that these two just demands from Turkey should be
pursued simultaneously.
The evening ended with a visit to the Martyr's Chapel where the
distinguished guest paid his tribute to the memory of the martyrs of the
Armenian genocide.
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View the photos here:
http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos397.htm
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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.
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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECORATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS MARIUS GAROYAN
On Thursday 3 September 2009, His Holiness Aram I expressed his appreciation
to Mr Marius Garoyan, President of the House of Representatives of the
Republic of Cyprus during a reception organized in his honor. In the
presence of Cypriot, Lebanese and Armenian officials and members of the
brotherhood His Holiness said: "Mr Garoyan is a political leader who has
been able to locate the just demands of the rights of the Greek Cypriot and
the Armenian people from Turkey within the current geopolitical context.
Declarations and Conventions on genocide and human rights become ossified
unless justice is actualized. Recent agreements regarding open frontiers and
good neighbourliness cannot over-shadow evidence of the Armenian Genocide.
Demanding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a collective
responsibility because we are accountable to our martyrs." At the end of his
message, Catholicos Aram I decorated Mr. Garoyan with the highest award of
the Catholicosate, "Knight of Cilicia".
Mr Marius Garoyan thanked His Holiness Aram I and reaffirmed his commitment
to the just causes of the people of Cyprus and the Armenians in Lebanon and
the Diaspora. He said that these two just demands from Turkey should be
pursued simultaneously.
The evening ended with a visit to the Martyr's Chapel where the
distinguished guest paid his tribute to the memory of the martyrs of the
Armenian genocide.
##
View the photos here:
http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos397.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.