PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
Watch the recorded video here:
esandsub-deacons.wmv
ORDINATION OF ACOLYTES AND SUB DEACONS IN ANTELIAS
As each academic year in the Seminary draws to a close, a number of
ordinations take place in the Antelias headquarters of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia.
Acolytes and sub deacons were ordained by Bishop Nareg Alemezian in the St.
Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral on May 28. In the presence of His Holiness
Aram I, their parents and a large crowd of the faithful, junior Seminary
students were ordained as some of the humbler servants of God.
Bishop Nareg delivered a sermon that focused on three main themes: the
battle of Sartarabad, the commemoration of his renaming and the education of
young Seminary students who are taking their first steps in the Armenian
Church.
Bishop Alemezian also spoke about the Seminary’s mission, highlighting its
important role specially in the Diaspora. He called upon parents to send
their children to the Seminary if the latter have the potential to serve the
Armenian Church.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Theological
Seminary of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.