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The Pontifical Visit of His Holiness to the Northern Regions of Tehran
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
19-05-2012 13:02:01 | | Social
ANTELIAS, Lebanon - Within the context of his pontifical visitation
program, His Holiness paid a pastoral visit to the Armenian
communities in Ghazvin, Rasht and Anzaly. These regions are located in
the Northern part of Tehran and in the sea-shores of the Caspian Sea.
Historically these regions had well organized Armenian
communities.However due to political and economical reasons the
Armenians in majority have left and actually only a small communities
continue to exist in these cities.
The pastoral visit of His Holiness was a wonderful occasion for these
communities to renew their Christian faith and their firm attachment
to Armenian Christian values and traditions. In his messages
Catholicos Aram stressed the importance of spirituality, he said that
"for Armenian Christianity, spirituality is not just reading Bible or
knowing about Christianity but living the values and imperatives of
the Bible. It means having Christ at the center of our daily lives".
His Holiness reminded the faithful that the Armenian Christian
spirituality "must embrace the totality of our life. This has been our
experience in the course of history. The church has been the source of
our spirituality. Therefore we must participate in the life and
witness of our church in order to sustain our life with the living
spirituality that generate from the Bible, our church fathers and
saints".
A warm welcome was reserved for His Holiness in these cities. His
Holiness was accompanied by the Primate of Tehran Archbishop Sebouh
Sarkissian, the Primate of Isfahan Bishop Papken Charian, reverend
fathers Magar Ashkarian and Mesrob Sarkissian and the representatives
of the Armenian community in Tehran.
From: A. Papazian
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
19-05-2012 13:02:01 | | Social
ANTELIAS, Lebanon - Within the context of his pontifical visitation
program, His Holiness paid a pastoral visit to the Armenian
communities in Ghazvin, Rasht and Anzaly. These regions are located in
the Northern part of Tehran and in the sea-shores of the Caspian Sea.
Historically these regions had well organized Armenian
communities.However due to political and economical reasons the
Armenians in majority have left and actually only a small communities
continue to exist in these cities.
The pastoral visit of His Holiness was a wonderful occasion for these
communities to renew their Christian faith and their firm attachment
to Armenian Christian values and traditions. In his messages
Catholicos Aram stressed the importance of spirituality, he said that
"for Armenian Christianity, spirituality is not just reading Bible or
knowing about Christianity but living the values and imperatives of
the Bible. It means having Christ at the center of our daily lives".
His Holiness reminded the faithful that the Armenian Christian
spirituality "must embrace the totality of our life. This has been our
experience in the course of history. The church has been the source of
our spirituality. Therefore we must participate in the life and
witness of our church in order to sustain our life with the living
spirituality that generate from the Bible, our church fathers and
saints".
A warm welcome was reserved for His Holiness in these cities. His
Holiness was accompanied by the Primate of Tehran Archbishop Sebouh
Sarkissian, the Primate of Isfahan Bishop Papken Charian, reverend
fathers Magar Ashkarian and Mesrob Sarkissian and the representatives
of the Armenian community in Tehran.
From: A. Papazian