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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


    A NEW VERSION OF THE BOOK ON KÜTAHYA TILES AND POTTERY IS PUBLISHED
    BY THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA

    The publishing house of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, in collaboration
    with the Armenian Library of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, has
    published a new, English edition of Carswell's and C.J.F. Dowsett's
    "Kütahya Tiles and Pottery from the Armenian Cathedral of St. James,
    Jerusalem".

    The book was first published in two volumes by the Oxford University
    press in 1972. The current edition combines both volumes in one book
    of 270 pages, rich with many colorful pictures and with an Introduction
    by His Holiness Aram I.

    In the Introduction, His Holiness welcomes the new publication of the
    book, highlights the important place of Kütahya tiles and pottery
    in Armenian art.

    "This publication intensifies our understanding of the spiritual and
    cultural importance of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, not
    only within the Armenian Church, but also within the broader Christian
    cultural heritage of the East. Through this work we experience the
    valuable contribution that the Armenians have made and continue to
    make in different spheres of Christian life to the witness of the
    churches in this region. Finally, we owe our deep gratitude to the
    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Armenian Affairs Department for the
    significant role it plays in promoting Armenian cultural values by
    publishing such works of special importance." writes His Holiness in
    the Introduction.

    These antiques, which are the property of the Armenian Cathedral
    in Jerusalem, have been mostly donated by pilgrims in the 17th
    century. The book attests to the high quality of culture and art
    developed in Armenian provinces in the pre-Genocide era.

    ##

    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
    of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information
    about the books published in the Printing House 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_954j9v1bxp5assUeFilU7w)--

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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