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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
"THE TOMB OF JESUS IS THE BREATH OF HOPE BECAUSE IT IS THE ANTICIPATION OF
RESURRECTION", Said Aram I in his sermon on Good Friday
On Good Friday, 6 April 2012, the service of the commemoration of the last
days of Jesus' life came to its conclusion. In the afternoon, the burial
vespers service was held with the participation of old and young in front of
the 'tomb of Jesus,' which was decorated with flowers brought by the
faithful. On the 'tomb' lay also the reliquorium with a piece of the wood of
the cross of Jesus and other liturgical vessels brought from Cilicia.
During the service, His Holiness and the priest took off their cowls knelt
in front of the 'tomb of Jesus' and performed the funeral service.
In his sermon, His Holiness Aram I said that the tomb of Jesus fills each
one of us with a breath of hope, because it is the anticipation of
Resurrection. This is the message of hope that we commit ourselves to every
year. Addressing the youth, the Catholicos then said, "through the Holy Week
you have come to church in large numbers. Your presence among us
demonstrates your attachment to the Church, its faith and traditions. You
have been the expression of hope that the disciples experienced beyond the
empty tomb.
At the end of the vespers His Holiness blessed the people with the
reliquorium, and then the faithful passed under the tomb and took a flower
from it as a symbol of Christian hope in their lives.
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Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos700.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos701.htm
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
"THE TOMB OF JESUS IS THE BREATH OF HOPE BECAUSE IT IS THE ANTICIPATION OF
RESURRECTION", Said Aram I in his sermon on Good Friday
On Good Friday, 6 April 2012, the service of the commemoration of the last
days of Jesus' life came to its conclusion. In the afternoon, the burial
vespers service was held with the participation of old and young in front of
the 'tomb of Jesus,' which was decorated with flowers brought by the
faithful. On the 'tomb' lay also the reliquorium with a piece of the wood of
the cross of Jesus and other liturgical vessels brought from Cilicia.
During the service, His Holiness and the priest took off their cowls knelt
in front of the 'tomb of Jesus' and performed the funeral service.
In his sermon, His Holiness Aram I said that the tomb of Jesus fills each
one of us with a breath of hope, because it is the anticipation of
Resurrection. This is the message of hope that we commit ourselves to every
year. Addressing the youth, the Catholicos then said, "through the Holy Week
you have come to church in large numbers. Your presence among us
demonstrates your attachment to the Church, its faith and traditions. You
have been the expression of hope that the disciples experienced beyond the
empty tomb.
At the end of the vespers His Holiness blessed the people with the
reliquorium, and then the faithful passed under the tomb and took a flower
from it as a symbol of Christian hope in their lives.
##
Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos700.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos701.htm