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  • ANTELIAS: HH Aram I declares 2010 Year of the Armenian Women

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
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    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DECLARES 2010 YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN WOMEN

    On Sunday 10 January 2010, after the Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator
    Cathedral in Antelias, Archbishop Komitas Ohanian read the Encyclical Letter
    of His Holiness Aram I, declaring 2010 Year of Armenian Women.

    The letter is an invitation to Armenian men and women to reassess the role
    of women in the family and society. In his Encyclical, His Holiness Aram I
    refers to Biblical, historical and contemporary reflections that make it
    imperative that we reassess the roles of women and men in society. According
    to the Bible, he writes, God created men and women in His image, after His
    likeness (Genesis 1:26); therefore, he explains, women and men are equal in
    the eyes of God and partners in caring for the created world. His Holiness
    further notes that in the New Testament, the 'New Eve', Mary the Mother of
    God, plays an important role in the history of salvation.

    The Encyclical then refers to Armenian history, where many women contributed
    to the survival of the nation and to its spiritual and cultural renaissance
    by assuming political responsibilities through martyrdom and sainthood, as
    writers, educators, social workers and mothers.

    His Holiness bases his reflection on important events and documents of the
    United Nations and the Ecumenical Movement. He cites the achievements of the
    Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Decade for Women and
    International Conferences since 1976 and the Convention on the Elimination
    of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted by the UN General Assembly
    (1979). In the Ecumenical Movement he mentions the Ecumenical Decade of the
    Churches in Solidarity with Women 1988-1998, which deplored violence against
    women at home and in society and the Decade to Overcome Violence.

    His Holiness concludes his Encyclical letter by calling upon all Armenians
    to reconsider the nature of women-men partnership in the Armenian community,
    its organizations and the family, in view of the moral values taught by the
    Church and internationally endorsed documents.
    This Encyclical letter will be read in all Armenian Churches in the
    forthcoming weeks, and will become a study document both in Church bodies
    and civil society organizations.

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