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  • Antelias: 4000 believers participate in the pilgrimage of St. Tadee

    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.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm

    4000 BELIEVERS PARTICIPATE IN THE PILGRIMAGE OF ST. TADÉE

    Over 4000 Armenians participated in a three-day-long pilgrimage
    held in the St. Tadée Monastery in Iran. The pilgrimage was held on
    July 7-9 under the patronage of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the
    supervision of the primate of the Diocese, V Rev Fr Neshan Topuzian.

    Archbishop Sebouh Sarkisian, primate of the Diocese of Tehran, V Rev
    Fr Papken Tcharian, primate of the Diocese of Isfahan, representatives
    from the three Dioceses of Iran, MP Kevork Vartanian, officials from
    the "Alik" corporation, Garen Nazarian, the ambassador of Armenia to
    Iran and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
    also participated in the pilgrimage.

    A religious and spiritual atmosphere was dominant throughout the
    pilgrimage, as several Holy masses and services were held. The primate
    of Isfahan officiated the mass and delivered the sermon on Friday.

    The primate of the Diocese of Tehran officiated the mass on Saturday
    on the occasion of St. Tate's holy day and welcomed the crowd of
    faithful on behalf of the Catholicos of Cilicia. Water blessing and
    a procession were held after the Holy Mass.

    The three primates held their second meeting in the Armenian Prelacy
    in Tabriz on July 11, at the end of the pilgrimage. They discussed
    the possibilities of realizing a number of spiritual, educational,
    cultural and publishing initiatives with combined efforts.

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    View the picture of the Monastery here:
    http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Pictures40.htm#2

    *****

    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.cathcil.org/ The
    Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
    located in Antelias, Lebanon.

    --Boundary_(ID_6p2XY3a28csHAtrSpQ7EeA)--
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