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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
'PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY LIFE MEANS ACTING RESPONSIBLY AND WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY'
Said Catholicos Aram I to the members of HEHOM
Around one hundred persons, alumni and current members of the Armenian
Church University Student Association (HEHOM) met on 27 December to
celebrate Christmas and New Year together.
The President of the Association, Mr. Hagop Handian, and the Director of the
Youth Programme of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian,
welcomed the participants. After dinner, the alumni and current members
shared experiences and discussed ways and means through which HEHOM might
contribute to building sustainable Armenian communities in Lebanon, the
diaspora and Armenia.
After dinner, in his closing message, His Holiness Aram I spoke of the
radical changes in the world that also touch Armenians. He said that we
cannot remain indifferent to these changes. We should, he said, "either
adapt to these changes or adopt them unquestioningly." He went on to say
that "in either case, we need our youth to lead us. So far, we have not
provided the sufficient spiritual, national or communal space for our
younger generations to take responsible positions in our structures. Only
through dialogue with them and their inclusion in our community life, will
we develop common responsibility and accountability towards one another."
The Catholicos then concluded: "God created the universe, and then humanity
in his 'image'. He made humanity stewards of creation. It is therefore, the
responsibility of humanity to build a sustainable world inspired by faith
and a vision guided by mutual accountability. Today we invite our younger
generation to join us in building our common life by fusing our professional
know-how to the Christian vision inherited from our forefathers."
After His Holiness Aram I left, HEHOM alumni and members discussed how to
respond to the challenges posed by the Catholicos.
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos660.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
'PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY LIFE MEANS ACTING RESPONSIBLY AND WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY'
Said Catholicos Aram I to the members of HEHOM
Around one hundred persons, alumni and current members of the Armenian
Church University Student Association (HEHOM) met on 27 December to
celebrate Christmas and New Year together.
The President of the Association, Mr. Hagop Handian, and the Director of the
Youth Programme of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian,
welcomed the participants. After dinner, the alumni and current members
shared experiences and discussed ways and means through which HEHOM might
contribute to building sustainable Armenian communities in Lebanon, the
diaspora and Armenia.
After dinner, in his closing message, His Holiness Aram I spoke of the
radical changes in the world that also touch Armenians. He said that we
cannot remain indifferent to these changes. We should, he said, "either
adapt to these changes or adopt them unquestioningly." He went on to say
that "in either case, we need our youth to lead us. So far, we have not
provided the sufficient spiritual, national or communal space for our
younger generations to take responsible positions in our structures. Only
through dialogue with them and their inclusion in our community life, will
we develop common responsibility and accountability towards one another."
The Catholicos then concluded: "God created the universe, and then humanity
in his 'image'. He made humanity stewards of creation. It is therefore, the
responsibility of humanity to build a sustainable world inspired by faith
and a vision guided by mutual accountability. Today we invite our younger
generation to join us in building our common life by fusing our professional
know-how to the Christian vision inherited from our forefathers."
After His Holiness Aram I left, HEHOM alumni and members discussed how to
respond to the challenges posed by the Catholicos.
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos660.htm