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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
Honors the Choir Master of the St. Vartanantz Church in Istanbul
Antelias - Upon the invitation of the Hamazkayin Educational and
Cultural Association, the Choir of St. Vartanantz Church came to Lebanon
to give a number of concerts. On Sunday 5 October 2014, they sang the
Holy Liturgy at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias.
After the Liturgy, the choir attended the opening ceremony of the 85th
Scholastic Year of the Seminary, after which His Holiness Aram I honored
Deacon Adroushan Haladjian with the insignia of St. Mesrob Mashdotz for
his long service to the Church and valuable contribution to Armenian
music.
At the end of the ceremony, His Holiness Aram I hosted the choir and its
President, V. Rev. Tatoul Anoushian, for lunch.
His Holiness Aram I Receives Rare Archival Photos of Bird's Nest
Orphanage from Former Orphan Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 6 October 2014, Mr Vartan Melkonian, a former
orphan of Bird's Nest and currently living in London, visited
Catholicos Aram I. Mr Melkonian presented the Catholicos with a rare
collection of photos, taken of the orphans during the time of the
Genocide, which he had collected from Denmark and other countries. The
photos will be placed in the new Genocide Museum at the Bird's Nest in
Byblos (Lebanon).
Mr Melkonian, a renowned composer and musician, who has conducted the
London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, always speaks of himself as an
orphan from Bird's Nest. He will commemorate the 100th anniversary of
the Genocide and the memory of his parents, who were victims of the
Genocide, by taking a walking tour in Cilicia with his daughter.
Before leaving, Mr Melkonian conveyed to His Holiness greetings from
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
His Holiness Aram I receives the representative of H.H. Baselius Mar
Thoma Dydmos I, Syrian Orthodox Church of India
Antelias - On Friday 3 October in the morning, His Holiness Aram I
received at the St. Mary's Monastery in Bikfaya, Rev. Abraham Thomas,
the Ecumenical Officer of the Malabar Syrian Orthodox Church of India.
Rev. Thomas carried a personal letter from Catholicos Baselius Mar Thoma
Dydmos I to His Holiness, in which, he expressed his brotherly love, and
thanked the Catholicos for his contribution to peace building in the
region. H.H, and then asked Catholicos Aram I to mediate and help them
resolve the conflict between their two churches, the Malabar Syrian
Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in
Syria.
After the meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Rev. Abraham met with V.
Rev. Housig Mardirossian, the Ecumenical Officer and they discuss the
following two issues: First, organizing exchange programmes for
students, teachers and clergy between their two church, second, the
Oriental-Roman Catholic and Oriental-Anglican dialogues and pending
issues to be followed up.
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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
Honors the Choir Master of the St. Vartanantz Church in Istanbul
Antelias - Upon the invitation of the Hamazkayin Educational and
Cultural Association, the Choir of St. Vartanantz Church came to Lebanon
to give a number of concerts. On Sunday 5 October 2014, they sang the
Holy Liturgy at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias.
After the Liturgy, the choir attended the opening ceremony of the 85th
Scholastic Year of the Seminary, after which His Holiness Aram I honored
Deacon Adroushan Haladjian with the insignia of St. Mesrob Mashdotz for
his long service to the Church and valuable contribution to Armenian
music.
At the end of the ceremony, His Holiness Aram I hosted the choir and its
President, V. Rev. Tatoul Anoushian, for lunch.
His Holiness Aram I Receives Rare Archival Photos of Bird's Nest
Orphanage from Former Orphan Vartan Melkonian
Antelias - On Monday 6 October 2014, Mr Vartan Melkonian, a former
orphan of Bird's Nest and currently living in London, visited
Catholicos Aram I. Mr Melkonian presented the Catholicos with a rare
collection of photos, taken of the orphans during the time of the
Genocide, which he had collected from Denmark and other countries. The
photos will be placed in the new Genocide Museum at the Bird's Nest in
Byblos (Lebanon).
Mr Melkonian, a renowned composer and musician, who has conducted the
London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, always speaks of himself as an
orphan from Bird's Nest. He will commemorate the 100th anniversary of
the Genocide and the memory of his parents, who were victims of the
Genocide, by taking a walking tour in Cilicia with his daughter.
Before leaving, Mr Melkonian conveyed to His Holiness greetings from
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
His Holiness Aram I receives the representative of H.H. Baselius Mar
Thoma Dydmos I, Syrian Orthodox Church of India
Antelias - On Friday 3 October in the morning, His Holiness Aram I
received at the St. Mary's Monastery in Bikfaya, Rev. Abraham Thomas,
the Ecumenical Officer of the Malabar Syrian Orthodox Church of India.
Rev. Thomas carried a personal letter from Catholicos Baselius Mar Thoma
Dydmos I to His Holiness, in which, he expressed his brotherly love, and
thanked the Catholicos for his contribution to peace building in the
region. H.H, and then asked Catholicos Aram I to mediate and help them
resolve the conflict between their two churches, the Malabar Syrian
Orthodox Church and the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in
Syria.
After the meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Rev. Abraham met with V.
Rev. Housig Mardirossian, the Ecumenical Officer and they discuss the
following two issues: First, organizing exchange programmes for
students, teachers and clergy between their two church, second, the
Oriental-Roman Catholic and Oriental-Anglican dialogues and pending
issues to be followed up.
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http://armenianorthodoxchurch.org/gallery-2