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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
GRADUATION CEREMONY
OF THE SEMINARY STUDENTS
The graduation ceremony concluding the 77th academic year of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia’s Seminary was held on the early evening of June 21
in Bikfaya under the auspices of His Holiness Aram I. Members of the
Cilician Brotherhood, the Seminary’s faculty, the mayor of Bourdj Hamoud
Antranig Meserlian, the principals of Armenian schools, philanthropists and
the parents of graduates attended the ceremony.
The Seminary’s administration had organized a special program that was
successfully implemented during the ceremony. Deacon Tavit Kamayian and
Sub-Deacon Mourad Tchorbadjian read sections from the Bible and the "Nareg"
prayer book. Against a musical background, the Seminary’s Choir then recited
a group poem dedicated to the "Year of the Armenian Language".
Newly ordained Rev. Ghevont Pentezian delivered a speech on behalf of the
graduates, expressing gratitude to the Pontiff, the administration and
faculty who played an important role in their spiritual-intellectual
formation.
V. Rev. Shahe Panossian presented the administration’s report on the
educational activities carried out during the past year, focusing
particularly on the work carried out by the administrative staff and the
faculty, the student’s religious, educational and social activities and
finally on the current year’s graduates. He then invited the Catholicos to
distribute the degrees and deliver his Pontifical address.
Commending the work carried out by everyone, His Holiness stressed the
importance of being demanding with respect to the Seminary.
The Catholicos also highlighted the important and continued assistance the
Armenian Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has shown for the
Catholicosate of Cilicia’s Seminary. He praised the director of the Fund’s
Armenian Department, Dr. Zaven Yegavian.
Finally, addressing the graduates, the Catholicos encouraged them to be
attentive to quality, preserving the spirit that the Seminary gave them and
taking it with them to all the various fields and areas of future service.
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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.