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
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY WOMEN COMPLETED THE 2009 RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSE AT
THE CATHOLICOSATE IN ANTELIAS
For the past several years the Religious Education Department of the
Catholicosate has been organizing lecture series for women with the aim of
deepening their knowledge of the church, its theology and the place of the
Bible in the Church. This year as well His Holiness Aram I met with the
participants during the first and last sessions of the course. The theme of
the course of this year was "Outstanding People in the Bible".
On Tuesday 12 May 2009, the last day of the course, group met with His
Holiness Aram I at the Main Hall of the Catholicosate. Referring to the
people in the Bible His Holiness said: "God speaks to us either through
special persons or events. God’s plan is to save humanity and help them
build His Kingdom. The Church as the Body of Christ continues God’s work by
making Salvation the goal of its mission. The church is the ‘people of God’.
We are therefore commissioned by God to imitate the life of Jesus Christ and
reflect through our lives the values he established through His Death on the
Cross.
Catholicos Aram I expressed his satisfaction on the growing number of men
and women taking part in the activities organized by Religious Education
Department, because it was a sign of spiritual growth within Church. This
spiritual growth would sustain when there is stronger relationship between
the faithful and the clergy. It is therefore a joy to see women being
enabled to contribute to this spiritual growth in the 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
jurisdiction and the Christian Education activities in both the
Catholicosate and the dioceses, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.