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: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

“THE YEAR OF FAMILY” LAUNCHED BY HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

IS CONCLUDED BY A MUSICAL FUNCTION

ANTELIAS, LEBANON – The year 2004 was formally launched by His Holiness Aram
I Catholicos of Cilicia as the “year of family”. Throughout the year many
activities took place in the worldwide Armenian Dioceses under the
jurisdiction of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. As the heart of
Christian Church and the Nation, the preservation of the Christian Armenian
identity of family was considered to be a high priority for the church. This
was also an occasion to underscore the vital importance of education for
Christian formation of the family. In his massage to the nation, Catholicos
Aram has outlined the centrality of family for the life and witness of the
church and the importance of responding to the challenges facing the
Armenian family.

To bring to a conclusion the activities organized on the occasion of the
“year of family”, the “SHNORHALY” choir of the Catholicosate, organized a
public concert under the auspicious of His Holiness Aram I. Through songs,
hymns and melodies dedicated to family their concert came once again to
remind our people the unique importance of family for our church and people.

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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 history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.