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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
REQUIEM IN MEMORY OF CATHOLICOS KAREKIN I SARKISSIAN
AT THE ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR CATHEDRAL (ANTELIAS)
On Sunday 20 September 2009 following the Holy Liturgy His Holiness Aram I
presided over the Requiem Service commemorating the 10th anniversary of the
passing away of late Catholicos Karekin I.
At the end of the Service reflecting upon the life and work of late Karekin
I, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I said: "Antelias became the spiritual home
of the young student when he left his home in Kessab (Syria). As priest and
bishop he devoted his intellectual and spiritual resources to the benefit of
the Catholicosate and its vocation in church and society; as religious
leader he opened the Catholicosate to ecumenism and to other churches; as
teacher, Dean and academic, he deepened the meaning of the churches' journey
of faith." Catholicos Aram I then concluded: "This commemorative service
today provides us with another opportunity to reaffirm our conviction that
we cannot separate the life of late Karekin I from the living memory of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia."
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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
REQUIEM IN MEMORY OF CATHOLICOS KAREKIN I SARKISSIAN
AT THE ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR CATHEDRAL (ANTELIAS)
On Sunday 20 September 2009 following the Holy Liturgy His Holiness Aram I
presided over the Requiem Service commemorating the 10th anniversary of the
passing away of late Catholicos Karekin I.
At the end of the Service reflecting upon the life and work of late Karekin
I, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I said: "Antelias became the spiritual home
of the young student when he left his home in Kessab (Syria). As priest and
bishop he devoted his intellectual and spiritual resources to the benefit of
the Catholicosate and its vocation in church and society; as religious
leader he opened the Catholicosate to ecumenism and to other churches; as
teacher, Dean and academic, he deepened the meaning of the churches' journey
of faith." Catholicos Aram I then concluded: "This commemorative service
today provides us with another opportunity to reaffirm our conviction that
we cannot separate the life of late Karekin I from the living memory of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia."
##
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.