Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate
Western Prelacy
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THREE PRELATES OF NORTH AMERICAN PRELACIES MEET

On Wednesday and Thursday, June 23 and 24, the Western Prelacy
hosted a meeting of the three prelates of North America.
Participating in the meeting were His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy; His Eminence Archbishop Khajag
Hagopian, Prelate of Canada; and the Prelate of the host prelacy, His Eminence
Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian.
The concept of the meeting of the three prelacies came from a
meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia,
members of the Central Executive Committee, the above mentioned three prelates, and
representatives of the Executive Councils of the three prelacies, at which
time the concerns and questions of the North American Prelacies were examined.
The meeting opened on Wednesday morning, 10:30 a.m. with a joint
prayer. The Prelates had on the agenda the field of work emanating from the
mission of the Armenian Apostolic Church, specifically taking into consideration
the American situation and the spiritual needs of the faithful. The scrutiny
was meant to create a harmonious coexistence between the three prelacies.

The agenda included the following questions and programs:

The task of Christian Education (Sunday School correlated
curriculum, planning of religious education in schools).
Preparation of deacons and acolytes.
Programs for Bible studies groups.
Organization of youth groups, and religious movements.
Plans for organization, re-vitalization and expansion of parish
activities.
Methods of improving the work of the clergy.
Programs for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Cilician
Theological Seminary.
Canonical questions.
Improving communications and publications.
Ways to support Armenia, Artsakh, and Javakh.
Ecumenical relationships.

In order to pursue the above-mentioned points, programs and work directives
were prepared. The Prelates decided to keep in constant touch with each other
during the course of this program’s implementation in order to coordinate the
work of the three prelacies. It was also decided to organize similar meetings,
which include the executive councils, of the three prelacies in order to
further advance cooperation and coordination.

WESTERN PRELACY SECRETARIAT

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress