Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia and spiritual leader of most of the western Armenian diaspora, is paying a four-day diocesan visit to Cyprus, marking the 30th anniversary of his enthronement.
Having visited the Armenian communities of Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, the Catholicos will continue preaching world peace and unity among his nation, at a time when Armenia faces political and security challenges, surrounded by hostile countries.
“The reorganisation of the Armenian Diaspora and the preparation of the manpower should become the priority of our Holy See of Cilicia,” he said in a recent statement, with a focus on reviving Armenian schools in the diaspora that have been diminishing in recent years.
This is the sixth patriarchal visit of His Holiness to Cyprus, one of the oldest dioceses of the Armenian Orthodox church, dating back to the tenth century.
Due to the proximity of the Catholicossate, displaced from the historical city of Sis in Cilicia after the Armenian Genocide, to neighbouring Lebanon in 1930, Aram I has regularly attended inter-faith meetings and summits in Cyprus as a past chair of the Middle East Council of Churches and as an executive member of the World Council of Churches.
Accompanied by a five-man delegation, the Catholicos will meet parishioners in all towns, he will visit the churches of Sourp Stepanos (Saint Stephen) in Larnaca and Sourp Kevork (Saint George) in Limassol, and will be the guest of honour at a community banquet in Nicosia on Saturday evening.
On Sunday morning, he will officiate the divine liturgy at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin church in Nicosia and deliver his patriarchal sermon, after which he will visit the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia and discuss matters related to the Armenian Church and the diaspora.
On Monday, Aram I, together with Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian of Cyprus and the Armenian Representative in parliament, Vartkes Mahdessian, will be received by President Nikos Christodoulides and later by Archbishop George III, head of the autocephalus Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus.
The Catholicos will also visit the Nareg Armenian school in Nicosia and address the primary pupils and gymnasium students, before heading to Larnaca airport for his return home to Lebanon.
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Having visited the Armenian communities of Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, the Catholicos will continue preaching world peace and unity among his nation, at a time when Armenia faces political and security challenges, surrounded by hostile countries.
“The reorganisation of the Armenian Diaspora and the preparation of the manpower should become the priority of our Holy See of Cilicia,” he said in a recent statement, with a focus on reviving Armenian schools in the diaspora that have been diminishing in recent years.
This is the sixth patriarchal visit of His Holiness to Cyprus, one of the oldest dioceses of the Armenian Orthodox church, dating back to the tenth century.
Due to the proximity of the Catholicossate, displaced from the historical city of Sis in Cilicia after the Armenian Genocide, to neighbouring Lebanon in 1930, Aram I has regularly attended inter-faith meetings and summits in Cyprus as a past chair of the Middle East Council of Churches and as an executive member of the World Council of Churches.
Accompanied by a five-man delegation, the Catholicos will meet parishioners in all towns, he will visit the churches of Sourp Stepanos (Saint Stephen) in Larnaca and Sourp Kevork (Saint George) in Limassol, and will be the guest of honour at a community banquet in Nicosia on Saturday evening.
On Sunday morning, he will officiate the divine liturgy at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin church in Nicosia and deliver his patriarchal sermon, after which he will visit the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia and discuss matters related to the Armenian Church and the diaspora.
On Monday, Aram I, together with Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian of Cyprus and the Armenian Representative in parliament, Vartkes Mahdessian, will be received by President Nikos Christodoulides and later by Archbishop George III, head of the autocephalus Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus.
The Catholicos will also visit the Nareg Armenian school in Nicosia and address the primary pupils and gymnasium students, before heading to Larnaca airport for his return home to Lebanon.
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The seizure of oil resources in Venezuela by the U.S.
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