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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 video summary here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqpomrBLgnU
ARMENIANS SHOULD CHERISH AND PRESERVE ARMENIAN BOOKS
Last week His Holiness Aram I inaugurated the 34th annual Armenian Book Fair
in the presence of the clergy, the seminary students and members of the
community.
In his opening speech, the Catholicos noted that the public's interest in
Armenia books has dwindled. He said that peoples' lives are impoverished
without Armenian books. He added, "From our Golden to the Silver Age, from
the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, from the Genocide to the organized
Diaspora, the Armenian book has enriched our people spiritually and shaped
their identity. In 2012, UNESCO declared Yerevan the book capital of Europe,
and we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing press. We
organized conferences and published new books as a way to connect the people
of the Armenian diaspora to one another."
The Catholicos then paid tribute to St. Mesrob Masdots the inventor of the
Armenian alphabet and all those who followed him. He said that through their
writings they built the present and envisioned the future. At the end of his
speech, the Catholicos thanked all those individuals and foundations that
sponsor publications to ensure the continuity between the past, the present
and the future.
Before concluding, he said, "Irrespective of the spread of digital
technology, the printed Armenian book should remain the basis on which
Armenians are formed and the culture is sustained.
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Watch video summary here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqpomrBLgnU
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Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos772.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos773.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos774.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 video summary here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqpomrBLgnU
ARMENIANS SHOULD CHERISH AND PRESERVE ARMENIAN BOOKS
Last week His Holiness Aram I inaugurated the 34th annual Armenian Book Fair
in the presence of the clergy, the seminary students and members of the
community.
In his opening speech, the Catholicos noted that the public's interest in
Armenia books has dwindled. He said that peoples' lives are impoverished
without Armenian books. He added, "From our Golden to the Silver Age, from
the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, from the Genocide to the organized
Diaspora, the Armenian book has enriched our people spiritually and shaped
their identity. In 2012, UNESCO declared Yerevan the book capital of Europe,
and we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Armenian printing press. We
organized conferences and published new books as a way to connect the people
of the Armenian diaspora to one another."
The Catholicos then paid tribute to St. Mesrob Masdots the inventor of the
Armenian alphabet and all those who followed him. He said that through their
writings they built the present and envisioned the future. At the end of his
speech, the Catholicos thanked all those individuals and foundations that
sponsor publications to ensure the continuity between the past, the present
and the future.
Before concluding, he said, "Irrespective of the spread of digital
technology, the printed Armenian book should remain the basis on which
Armenians are formed and the culture is sustained.
##
Watch video summary here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sqpomrBLgnU
***
Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos772.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos773.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos774.htm