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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.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
A SPECIAL REQUIEM IN ALEPPO FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRES IN ADANA
(CILICIA 1909)
On Sunday 20 April, His Holiness Aram I presided over a Requiem Service in
memory of the 30,000 victims of the massacres in Adana in 1909. After the
Divine Liturgy and the memorial service, the faithful listened to the
Pontifical letter His Holiness Aram I had sent to all the Prelates,
informing them of the 90th anniversary of the massacres in Adana, and asking
them to organize special events to remember the victims of this second
largest massacre by the Ottoman Turks.
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Photos: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Phot os/Photos377.htm#4
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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 history and
the mission 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.
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
A SPECIAL REQUIEM IN ALEPPO FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRES IN ADANA
(CILICIA 1909)
On Sunday 20 April, His Holiness Aram I presided over a Requiem Service in
memory of the 30,000 victims of the massacres in Adana in 1909. After the
Divine Liturgy and the memorial service, the faithful listened to the
Pontifical letter His Holiness Aram I had sent to all the Prelates,
informing them of the 90th anniversary of the massacres in Adana, and asking
them to organize special events to remember the victims of this second
largest massacre by the Ottoman Turks.
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Photos: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/v04/doc/Phot os/Photos377.htm#4
*****
The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission 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.