PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
A REQUIEM SERVICE IN MEMORY OF LATE CATHOLICOI AND BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
A requiem service dedicated it the memory of late Cilician catholicoi and
members of the Cilician Brotherhood was performed this Sunday by His
Holiness Aram I in the Zarhian Cemetery following the Holy Mass in Saint
Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral.
Attached to the cathedral, the cemetery was built in 1964 and it is the
site, where the former Cilician catholicoi and Brotherhood members since the
Catholicosate’s establishment in Antelias, are buried. A requiem service is
held in their memory once a year in the second week of February.
Speaking about the late catholicoi and Brotherhood members, His Holiness
said: "We remember our catholicoi, Archbishops, Bishops and Vartabeds today
through prayers and we should always remember them. They are present in our
collective life and service. Each one of them brought their contribution to
the Armenian Church, nation, motherland, culture and national struggle. Each
of our Pontiffs opened a page rich of church-building in the history of this
Holy See. They continue to live through their dedication and faith, service
and commitment. Today, the same mission is carried on by this centuries-old
See; a mission the purpose of which has been one: to serve God, the Armenian
Church, the Armenian nation and our motherland."
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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 history and
mission 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.