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  • ANTELIAS: Year of Christian Education

    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

    THE SEMINARY HOLDS A LECTURE ON THE YEAR
    OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

    The administration and Student Council of the Catholicosate of Cilicia's
    Seminary organized a lecture on March 7 on the Year of Christian Education.
    Held in the "Prapyon Doumanian" lecture theatre, the event also featured a
    cultural program. The speaker was the Director of the Catholicosate of
    Cilicia's Christian Education Department and teacher of Christian ethics and
    religious music at the Seminary, Rev. Father Torkom Donoyan.

    Deacon Alexsan Kalaydjian delivered the opening remarks highlighting the
    importance of Christian education generally and in Armenian reality in
    particular.

    Seminary student Michael Sarkissian read sections of His Holiness Aram I's
    Pontifical Encyclical which announced 2008 to be the year of Christian
    Education.

    In the first part of his lecture, Rev. Donoyan spoke about the moral
    principles in pre-Christian times, pointing to the linkages between
    religious feelings and morality. He then focused on the Christian period,
    talking about the conversion of Armenia to Christianity and the Christian
    principles rooted in our nation's life as a result.

    In the second part of his talk, Rev. Donoyan stressed the important role of
    the Christian Education Department in the life and mission of the
    Catholicosate of Cilicia- a department, which has worked from the day of its
    establishment on the formation of the Armenian Christian and on Armenian
    education. In this context, he also spoke about the thirst for Christian
    education among the youth, "for the satisfaction of which all efforts are
    being exerted with guidance from the Pontiff."

    "Christian education does not recognize age. It is nourishment for the
    spirit for our people, whether they are old, young or children. Biblical
    truths do not die out; rather they give light to people of all ages to
    enlighten the path of their life. The nature of man to make mistakes also
    does not know age, therefore Christian education has something to give
    starting from children to the most experienced of people," he said.

    Seminary Dean V. Rev. Shahe Panossian concluded the event stressing the
    importance of Christian Education in the life of man. He said Christian
    education cannot be achieved only through reading and praying but should be
    brought to life.

    "Jesus Christ as himself an Instructor. Christian education is not only to
    educate the mind, but to form personality on the basis of moral principles.
    We expect that in this religious environment, Christian Education become
    part of your lives," he concluded.

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    View the photos here:
    http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos212.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.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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