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
His Holiness Aram I meets young artists from Artzakh (Karabagh)
Antelias - 10 March 2014. On Monday, a group of young artists from
Artzakh, accompanied by the Vice-Minister for Culture and Youth and
representatives of the Lebanon Artzakh fund, met with His Holiness Aram I.
The group had come to take part in the programme of the Artzakh Cultural
Week organized by the Fund in Lebanon.
After a short concert of music, songs and poetry, His Holiness expressed
his joy at their presentation and praised them as talented ambassadors
communicating the hopes and dreams of the people of Artzakh. The Catholicos
then urged all Armenians to contribute towards the sustainable development
of the young republic.
The Minister of Public Health of Lebanon, Wael Abou Faour, meets with His
Holiness Aram I
Antelias - On Thursday 13 March 2014, His Holiness Aram I received
Minister Abou Faour, accompanied by Hagop Pakradouni Member of Parliament
and Ziad Chaya, Director of the Office of the Ministry.
After discussing the situation in Lebanon, particularly the difficulties
of the newly appointed government, Catholicos Aram I asked the minister,
within the framework of governmental subsidies, to pay special attention to
the Azounieh Hospital, the Elderly Home and all other social institutions
belonging to the community.
At the end of the meeting, Minister Faour thanked the Catholicos for the
constructive conversation and promised to respond positively to his request.
Celebrating 2014, Year of the Elderly, one hundred elderly women and men
invited guests for lunch with His Holiness Aram
Antelias - 14 March 2014. On the occasion of 2014, the Year of the
Elderly, instituted by Catholicos Aram I, one hundred elderly people visited
Antelias. They first attended the Lenten Sunrise service (Arevakal) at St.
Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral and then met with His Holiness Aram I.
After welcoming them, His Holiness said, "After the tragic Genocide one
hundred years ago, by virtue of your determination to live, your deep faith
and hard work, you set the foundation for our survival and resurrection as a
nation. We shall not forget your hardship and sacrifice. By celebrating 2014
as the Year of the Elderly, we pay honor and respect to your generation;
because of you we are here today."
The guests visited the library, the museum and the offices of the
Catholicosate, where they were introduced to the spirituality, the mission
and the vocation of the Catholiosate.
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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
His Holiness Aram I meets young artists from Artzakh (Karabagh)
Antelias - 10 March 2014. On Monday, a group of young artists from
Artzakh, accompanied by the Vice-Minister for Culture and Youth and
representatives of the Lebanon Artzakh fund, met with His Holiness Aram I.
The group had come to take part in the programme of the Artzakh Cultural
Week organized by the Fund in Lebanon.
After a short concert of music, songs and poetry, His Holiness expressed
his joy at their presentation and praised them as talented ambassadors
communicating the hopes and dreams of the people of Artzakh. The Catholicos
then urged all Armenians to contribute towards the sustainable development
of the young republic.
The Minister of Public Health of Lebanon, Wael Abou Faour, meets with His
Holiness Aram I
Antelias - On Thursday 13 March 2014, His Holiness Aram I received
Minister Abou Faour, accompanied by Hagop Pakradouni Member of Parliament
and Ziad Chaya, Director of the Office of the Ministry.
After discussing the situation in Lebanon, particularly the difficulties
of the newly appointed government, Catholicos Aram I asked the minister,
within the framework of governmental subsidies, to pay special attention to
the Azounieh Hospital, the Elderly Home and all other social institutions
belonging to the community.
At the end of the meeting, Minister Faour thanked the Catholicos for the
constructive conversation and promised to respond positively to his request.
Celebrating 2014, Year of the Elderly, one hundred elderly women and men
invited guests for lunch with His Holiness Aram
Antelias - 14 March 2014. On the occasion of 2014, the Year of the
Elderly, instituted by Catholicos Aram I, one hundred elderly people visited
Antelias. They first attended the Lenten Sunrise service (Arevakal) at St.
Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral and then met with His Holiness Aram I.
After welcoming them, His Holiness said, "After the tragic Genocide one
hundred years ago, by virtue of your determination to live, your deep faith
and hard work, you set the foundation for our survival and resurrection as a
nation. We shall not forget your hardship and sacrifice. By celebrating 2014
as the Year of the Elderly, we pay honor and respect to your generation;
because of you we are here today."
The guests visited the library, the museum and the offices of the
Catholicosate, where they were introduced to the spirituality, the mission
and the vocation of the Catholiosate.
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