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His Holiness agenda was The Armenian Genocide
During his three day official visit to the Vatican, His Holiness Aram I
emphasized the importance of the recognition and the reparation of the
Armenian Genocide. His Holiness asked Pope Francis, both in His private and
public meetings, to give His support to the Armenian cause.
The issue of Armenian Genocide was present also during His Holiness
meetings with the Vatican state secretary Cardinal Parolini and with the
president of the Vatican's Eastern Churches division Cardinal Sandrini as
well as the press.
In His sermon, In St. Egidio church, the Catholicos spoke of the
theological and spiritual meaning of martyrdom and linked it to the Armenian
Genocide.
PRESS RELEASE
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
"The Catholicosate of Cilicia is a Vocation and a Mission," declares
His Holiness Aram I during the concluding dinner with the Armenian
Delegation
Antelias - On the last evening of the official visit to the Vatican, His
Holiness Aram I, the accompanying clergy and the delegates held a festive
dinner.
After joyful singing, recitation of poems and thanksgiving, the Catholicos
addressed the delegation and described the visit as a positive step in
ecumenism and in giving visibility to Armenia and the Armenian cause.
Referring to the Catholicosate of Cilicia, he said that the people were at
the heart of its mission. He then acknowledged the urgency of the
reformation of the Church, and announced that the two Catholicoi had agreed
to make the issue as their priority.
In his conclusion, His Holiness urged the delegates and through them the
people in their dioceses to be involved in the life of the church and to
give concrete expression to its vocation and mission.
The evening closed with the singing of the Cilicia anthem and the final
blessings of Catholicos Aram I.
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His Holiness agenda was The Armenian Genocide
During his three day official visit to the Vatican, His Holiness Aram I
emphasized the importance of the recognition and the reparation of the
Armenian Genocide. His Holiness asked Pope Francis, both in His private and
public meetings, to give His support to the Armenian cause.
The issue of Armenian Genocide was present also during His Holiness
meetings with the Vatican state secretary Cardinal Parolini and with the
president of the Vatican's Eastern Churches division Cardinal Sandrini as
well as the press.
In His sermon, In St. Egidio church, the Catholicos spoke of the
theological and spiritual meaning of martyrdom and linked it to the Armenian
Genocide.
PRESS RELEASE
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
"The Catholicosate of Cilicia is a Vocation and a Mission," declares
His Holiness Aram I during the concluding dinner with the Armenian
Delegation
Antelias - On the last evening of the official visit to the Vatican, His
Holiness Aram I, the accompanying clergy and the delegates held a festive
dinner.
After joyful singing, recitation of poems and thanksgiving, the Catholicos
addressed the delegation and described the visit as a positive step in
ecumenism and in giving visibility to Armenia and the Armenian cause.
Referring to the Catholicosate of Cilicia, he said that the people were at
the heart of its mission. He then acknowledged the urgency of the
reformation of the Church, and announced that the two Catholicoi had agreed
to make the issue as their priority.
In his conclusion, His Holiness urged the delegates and through them the
people in their dioceses to be involved in the life of the church and to
give concrete expression to its vocation and mission.
The evening closed with the singing of the Cilicia anthem and the final
blessings of Catholicos Aram I.
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