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  • ANTELIAS: Antelias Seminary graduation ceremony

    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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Arme nian.htm

    "AS OUR CATHOLICOSATE'S HEART, THE SEMINARY WILL ALWAYS BEAT WITH FAITH"

    SAYS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

    The Catholicosate of Cilicia's Seminary concluded yet another academic year
    during its 78th annual gradual ceremony held in Bikfayya on June 5 under the
    auspices of His Holiness Aram I. Cilician Brotherhood members, the Seminary's
    faculty, the benefactors and parents attended the ceremony.

    The ceremony featured a special program prepared by the Seminary's
    management. Deacons Manuel Ohanian, Mihran Balkevorkian and Alexan
    Kalaydjian read sections from the Book of Lamentation "Nareg", followed by
    the musical recitation by the Catholicosate's Choir of Hagop Oshagan's
    "Asdudzo Shountchov" poem.

    Speaking on behalf of the graduates, Deacon Hagop Kortmossian expressed
    gratitude to His Holiness Aram I, the Dean and faculty for their
    contribution in his and his friends' spiritual-intellectual formation.

    Bishop Shahe Panossian presented the annual report outlining the Seminary's
    educational activities throughout the year, the work of the management and
    faculty, as well as the students' educational, social and church life. The
    Dean then invited His Holiness Aram I to distribute the degrees and deliver
    his Pontifical address.

    After conferring the degrees upon the Seminary's newest graduates, the
    Pontiff praised the functions of the Seminary, highlighting two main aspects
    characteristic of this institution. He first observed that faith and
    knowledge are conveyed to the students of the Seminary in a beautifully
    interrelated way. He considered this to be one of the unique characteristics
    of the Seminary and one that sets it apart from other educational
    institutions.

    "As the heart of our Catholicosate, the Seminary will always beat with
    faith, pumping blood to our church and nation. Faith and knowledge are
    delivered together here. And one of the main conflicts of today's world
    rests in this separation of faith from reason. Faith should be strengthened
    with reason and vice versa, because as such they become more effective. This
    is what we try to accomplish in the Seminary in order to turn it into a
    source of our nation's spiritual and national education," the Pontiff
    stressed.

    On the quality of Seminary alumni, His Holiness assured: "For our Holy See
    quantity has no value whatsoever. For us, quality it is quality that is
    important. Quantity vanishes like leaves falling off a tree. However, that
    which has a lasting impact, that which stands in front of history, that
    which survives difficult times through faith is quality and we will give
    important to that quality."

    Finally, the Pontiff expressed great praise for the work carried out by the
    Seminary's Dean, its assistants, faculty members, benefactors, parents and
    students. Addressing the students, he encouraged them to embrace quality,
    holding high the spirit that the Seminary passed on to them and taking it
    with them to their various fields of service in the future.

    A reception followed the official ceremony. The Seminary's Yearbook,
    "Klatsor", was distributed to the attendants as a beautiful compilation of
    the year-long work of students.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/do c/Photos/Photos269.htm
    http://www.armenianorthodox church.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos270.htm
    *****
    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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.
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