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
V. REV. FR. SHAHE PANOSSIAN APPOINTED DEAN OF THE SEMINARY
His Holiness Aram I appointed V. Rev. Fr. Shahe Panossian as the new
Dean of the Seminary of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. V. Rev. Fr.
Panossian comes to replace V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, who
occupied the position for one year only according to a decision by
His Holiness Aram I. V. Rev. Fr. Chiftjian will henceforth continue
to serve as the director of the Catholicosate's Communications
Department. V. Rev. Fr. Shahe is an active member of the Cilician
Brotherhood. During the last 25 years he has occupied several
important administrative and spiritual posts in the Catholicosate,
the "Birds' Nest" orphanage and in the dioceses of Greece, the
United States and Canada. V. Rev. Fr. Panosssian will dedicate
himself to the difficult task of educating new generations. Rev. Fr.
Sipan Ketchedjian remains the deputy dean of the Seminary while Rev.
Fr. Magar Ashkarian continues to serve as assistant to dean. Taking
into consideration the new challenges facing the new generations,
our nation and Church, the Seminary's curriculum was recently revised.
## The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two
Catholicosates of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed
information about the Theological Seminary 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.
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
V. REV. FR. SHAHE PANOSSIAN APPOINTED DEAN OF THE SEMINARY
His Holiness Aram I appointed V. Rev. Fr. Shahe Panossian as the new
Dean of the Seminary of the Catholicosate of Cilicia. V. Rev. Fr.
Panossian comes to replace V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, who
occupied the position for one year only according to a decision by
His Holiness Aram I. V. Rev. Fr. Chiftjian will henceforth continue
to serve as the director of the Catholicosate's Communications
Department. V. Rev. Fr. Shahe is an active member of the Cilician
Brotherhood. During the last 25 years he has occupied several
important administrative and spiritual posts in the Catholicosate,
the "Birds' Nest" orphanage and in the dioceses of Greece, the
United States and Canada. V. Rev. Fr. Panosssian will dedicate
himself to the difficult task of educating new generations. Rev. Fr.
Sipan Ketchedjian remains the deputy dean of the Seminary while Rev.
Fr. Magar Ashkarian continues to serve as assistant to dean. Taking
into consideration the new challenges facing the new generations,
our nation and Church, the Seminary's curriculum was recently revised.
## The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two
Catholicosates of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed
information about the Theological Seminary 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.