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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon


    The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist,
    the Washing of the Feet
    and prayers of Lamentation in Antelias


    Antelias, Lebanon - His Holiness Aram I presided over three church services
    on Thursday, 8 April 2004. The Armenian faithful came from Lebanon and
    elsewhere to join Antelias in its prayers and to receive His Holiness'
    blessings.

    In the morning, the ceremony of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist was
    conducted, in memory of the Last Supper of Christ and His disciples.

    In the afternoon, His Holiness celebrated the ceremony of the Pediluvium by
    washing the feet of 12 seminarians and reverends. This liturgical ritual
    follows the model set by Christ when He washed the feet of His disciples. It
    symbolizes the lesson of humility that Christ conveyed to us through this
    act. In his sermon, His Holiness pointed out the importance of humility,
    through our personal life, as a source of love and respect, and made a call
    for love and solidarity.

    At night, the members of the Brotherhood, the seminarians and the laity
    (predominantly young people) gathered in the Cathedral and the courtyard of
    the Catholicosate for the Vigil of the Lamentation.

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    View printable pictures here:
    http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Pictures22.htm#bm top

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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
    jurisdiction and the Christian Education activities in both the
    Catholicosate and the dioceses, you may refer to the web page of the
    Catholicosate, http://www.cathcil.org/ The Cilician Catholicosate, the
    administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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