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  • ANTELIAS: Good Friday marked in Antelias

    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

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    "THE TOMB OF JESUS IS THE BREATH OF HOPE BECAUSE IT IS THE ANTICIPATION OF
    RESURRECTION", Said Aram I in his sermon on Good Friday

    On Good Friday, 6 April 2012, the service of the commemoration of the last
    days of Jesus' life came to its conclusion. In the afternoon, the burial
    vespers service was held with the participation of old and young in front of
    the 'tomb of Jesus,' which was decorated with flowers brought by the
    faithful. On the 'tomb' lay also the reliquorium with a piece of the wood of
    the cross of Jesus and other liturgical vessels brought from Cilicia.

    During the service, His Holiness and the priest took off their cowls knelt
    in front of the 'tomb of Jesus' and performed the funeral service.

    In his sermon, His Holiness Aram I said that the tomb of Jesus fills each
    one of us with a breath of hope, because it is the anticipation of
    Resurrection. This is the message of hope that we commit ourselves to every
    year. Addressing the youth, the Catholicos then said, "through the Holy Week
    you have come to church in large numbers. Your presence among us
    demonstrates your attachment to the Church, its faith and traditions. You
    have been the expression of hope that the disciples experienced beyond the
    empty tomb.

    At the end of the vespers His Holiness blessed the people with the
    reliquorium, and then the faithful passed under the tomb and took a flower
    from it as a symbol of Christian hope in their lives.
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    Photos:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos700.htm
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos701.htm

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