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EASTERN PRELACY MOURNS THE PASSING OF ARCHBISHOP VARTAN DEMIRJIAN

NEW YORK, NY – Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, received the
news of the passing of Archbishop Vartan Demirjian from His Holiness
Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia. Archbishop Vartan
died suddenly in Antelias, Lebanon, on Thursday, September 9. He was
65 years old.

The Extreme Unction and Burial services will take place on Saturday,
September 11, 2004, at 11 a.m. at St.. Gregory the Illuminator
Cathedral in Antelias. The Catholicos will preside over the services.

Archbishop Demirjian, a member of the Cilician Brotherhood, was born
in Lebanon in 1939. He was ordained a celibate priest in 1957 and was
consecrated a Bishop in 1977. He has served the Armenian Church in
various capacities including several years of service in Iran and
Greece, as a teacher at the Cilician See’s Theological Seminary,
and Director of the Printing House. At the time of his death he was
the Librarian at the Catholicosate’s Library.

Archbishop Oshagan has asked all parishes within the Eastern Prelacy
to conduct a Requiem Service for the late Archbishop on Sunday,
September 19, marking the seventh day of his passing.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress