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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.cathcil.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm
THE SECOND SEMESTER OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IS COMPLETED
Antelias, Lebanon - The last session of religious studies was held
in the Catholicosate of Cilicia on June 2, under the patronage and
direction of Aram I.
Rev.Fr. Vaghinag Meloian, the director of the courses, praised the
Lord for the successful ending of the two semesters of religious
studies. He also thanked His Holiness Aram I and members of the
Cilician Brotherhood, who delivered lectures on the topics assigned
to them during the two semesters.
The Reverend Father also talked about the importance of the courses
and highlighted their theological and ethnographical aspects. He
affirmed that the courses not only deepened the knowledge of students,
but also prepared them to convey that knowledge to others.
His Holiness blessed and praised the attendants of the session. He
thanked God that the last two semesters have successfully come to an
end. "God made this happen," His Holiness said.
Aram I also spoke about the aim of the courses: to bring Armenian's
close to their church's rites and theology based on the Holy Gospel
and the history of the Armenian Church.
His Holiness also praised the director of the course, its lecturers,
and the students, who attended to the courses with serious and
hard work.
The religious studies courses started last year on the initiative
of the Catholicosate's Christian Education Department. The director
of the courses is Rev.Fr. Vaghinag Meloian. Its aim is to acquaint
people with the Holy Gospel and the rites of the Armenian Church,
its history and its theology.
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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.
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
THE SECOND SEMESTER OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IS COMPLETED
Antelias, Lebanon - The last session of religious studies was held
in the Catholicosate of Cilicia on June 2, under the patronage and
direction of Aram I.
Rev.Fr. Vaghinag Meloian, the director of the courses, praised the
Lord for the successful ending of the two semesters of religious
studies. He also thanked His Holiness Aram I and members of the
Cilician Brotherhood, who delivered lectures on the topics assigned
to them during the two semesters.
The Reverend Father also talked about the importance of the courses
and highlighted their theological and ethnographical aspects. He
affirmed that the courses not only deepened the knowledge of students,
but also prepared them to convey that knowledge to others.
His Holiness blessed and praised the attendants of the session. He
thanked God that the last two semesters have successfully come to an
end. "God made this happen," His Holiness said.
Aram I also spoke about the aim of the courses: to bring Armenian's
close to their church's rites and theology based on the Holy Gospel
and the history of the Armenian Church.
His Holiness also praised the director of the course, its lecturers,
and the students, who attended to the courses with serious and
hard work.
The religious studies courses started last year on the initiative
of the Catholicosate's Christian Education Department. The director
of the courses is Rev.Fr. Vaghinag Meloian. Its aim is to acquaint
people with the Holy Gospel and the rites of the Armenian Church,
its history and its theology.
##
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.