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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECORATES GARABED BABAHEYIKIAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE
COMMUNITY
On Friday 3 June 2011, Mr. Garabed Babaheyikian was honored at a special
event organized at the Gulbenkian Memorial Hall in Antelias. The first
speaker Mr. Melkissetian spoke in the name of Tekeyan Cultural Association
and thanked His Holiness Aram I for the special evening honoring Mr.
Babaheyikian. He then said, "In the past when we had no land, the
Catholicosate of Cilicia led our people and provided spiritual guidance.
Still today, the Catholicosate continues to be the focal point for
organizing the diaspora. The speaker then thanked His Holiness Aram I for
his spiritual and ecumenical leadership because he said, "Through him our
small nation became known to the world community".
The second speaker, Mr. Hagop Kassardjian, former Deputy and President of
the Founders of the Tekeyan Cultural Association introduced Mr. Babaheyikian
as an outstanding leader who led the Ramgavar Democratic Liberal Party
during the difficult years of the civil war in Lebanon.
The last speaker was His Holiness Aram I, who referred to Garabed
Babaheyikian not just as a person with a biography or an account of events.
He is one of those rare persons who served the Nation and the Church and who
led and encouraged Armenian associations. He is a valuable leader who valued
human dignity.
At the end of his speech, His Holiness Aram I decorated Garabed Babaheyikian
with the insignia of "Knight of Cilicia".
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos576.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.
From: Baghdasarian
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECORATES GARABED BABAHEYIKIAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE
COMMUNITY
On Friday 3 June 2011, Mr. Garabed Babaheyikian was honored at a special
event organized at the Gulbenkian Memorial Hall in Antelias. The first
speaker Mr. Melkissetian spoke in the name of Tekeyan Cultural Association
and thanked His Holiness Aram I for the special evening honoring Mr.
Babaheyikian. He then said, "In the past when we had no land, the
Catholicosate of Cilicia led our people and provided spiritual guidance.
Still today, the Catholicosate continues to be the focal point for
organizing the diaspora. The speaker then thanked His Holiness Aram I for
his spiritual and ecumenical leadership because he said, "Through him our
small nation became known to the world community".
The second speaker, Mr. Hagop Kassardjian, former Deputy and President of
the Founders of the Tekeyan Cultural Association introduced Mr. Babaheyikian
as an outstanding leader who led the Ramgavar Democratic Liberal Party
during the difficult years of the civil war in Lebanon.
The last speaker was His Holiness Aram I, who referred to Garabed
Babaheyikian not just as a person with a biography or an account of events.
He is one of those rare persons who served the Nation and the Church and who
led and encouraged Armenian associations. He is a valuable leader who valued
human dignity.
At the end of his speech, His Holiness Aram I decorated Garabed Babaheyikian
with the insignia of "Knight of Cilicia".
##
Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos576.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.
From: Baghdasarian