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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Celebration of St. Vartanantz at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in
Antelias
"ST. VATANANTZ IS THE SYMBOL OF FAITHFULNESS TO OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO
OUR HOMELAND"
On Thursday, the Very Rev. Vaghinag Meloyan celebrated the Holy Liturgy of
the feast. For Armenians, St. Vartanantz is the symbol of preserving their
faith. It is the commemoration of the battle in 451 when the commander
Vartan Mamigonian and his soldiers fought against the Sasanid Empire.
At the end of the Liturgy, the clergy, the seminarians and the people walked
in procession to the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. In his message, His
Holiness said, "The celebration of the martyrdom of St. Vartan and his
companions each year should renew us in our Christian faith and lead us to
work towards building responsive communities." During the gathering, the
seminarians sang spiritual hymns dedicated to the Vartanantz martyrs and
ended with the hymn exalting the Catholicos.
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos796.htm
From: A. Papazian
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Celebration of St. Vartanantz at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in
Antelias
"ST. VATANANTZ IS THE SYMBOL OF FAITHFULNESS TO OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO
OUR HOMELAND"
On Thursday, the Very Rev. Vaghinag Meloyan celebrated the Holy Liturgy of
the feast. For Armenians, St. Vartanantz is the symbol of preserving their
faith. It is the commemoration of the battle in 451 when the commander
Vartan Mamigonian and his soldiers fought against the Sasanid Empire.
At the end of the Liturgy, the clergy, the seminarians and the people walked
in procession to the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. In his message, His
Holiness said, "The celebration of the martyrdom of St. Vartan and his
companions each year should renew us in our Christian faith and lead us to
work towards building responsive communities." During the gathering, the
seminarians sang spiritual hymns dedicated to the Vartanantz martyrs and
ended with the hymn exalting the Catholicos.
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos796.htm
From: A. Papazian