ARAM I CONSECRATES ARMENIAN CHURCH IN ABU DHABI

10:57, 15 December, 2014

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS: On December 10, His Holiness Aram
I and his delegation visited the Embassy of Armenia in Abu Dhabi.

Ambassador Gegham Gharibjanian and the staff welcomed the Catholicos.

After the blessing of the bread and salt, they led the Catholicos to
the garden to plant a tree in order to memorialize his visit.

Armenpress reports, citing the official website of the Catholicosate
of Cilicia that in his welcoming speech, the Ambassador thanked the
Catholicos for his efforts to strengthen the Armenian Republic through
his international and ecumenical work. In his response, His Holiness
thanked the ambassador and asked him to transmit his greetings to the
President of Armenia, adding that Armenia has a special place in the
heart of every Armenian, not only as the land, but also as the symbol
of its centuries-old civilization.

The Catholicos said that the Catholicosate of Cilicia, its dioceses and
the faithful are dedicated to working with the embassies to strengthen
and sustain their homeland, their culture and their civilization. He
then blessed the ambassador and his staff and left to meet with the
members of the Church Council of Abu Dhabi.

On December 12, in the evening, His Holiness consecrated the Armenian
Church in Abu Dhabi, according to the ancient tradition of the Armenian
Church. In the ceremony, the Catholicos was assisted by the Catholical
Vicar of the UAE, the prelates of the dioceses of Tehran and Isfahan,
the dean of the seminary and the staff bearer.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress