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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
ANTE LIAS ARCHIVES UNDERGOES COMPLETE REORGANIZATION
The Archives department of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is
currently undergoing complete reorganization under the supervision of
Catholicos Aram I.
Within the Catholicosate’s general restoration works a special place was
dedicated for the storage of archives. With the kind support of its
director, Dr. Zaven Yegavian, the Department of Armenian Affairs of the
Gulbenkian Foundation has accepted to meet the costs of the establishment of
the Archives department.
The new department is located on the right hand of the Catholicosate’s main
entrance and occupies a large area. It is supplied with special cabinet
archives imported from Italy. Before the establishment of the Archives
department, Mr. Krikor Shahinian worked on the reorganization of the
Catholicosate’s archives. The department’s general director now is V. Rev.
Fr. Yeghishe Mandjigian with Rev. Fr. Movses Boyadjian as his assistant.
The general director of the official Archives department of the Republic of
Armenia, Amadouni Virabian, had visited the Catholicosate of Cilicia about
five months ago and made a thorough examination of the Archives department
in Antelias. He then presented his written proposals for the department’s
reorganization to the Pontiff.
Virabian has now returned to Antelias with a team of seven professionals to
work on the reorganization process which will conclude at the end of May.
The Catholicosate of Cilicia has rich archives related to the Armenian
Genocide, the status of Armenians in the post-Genocide era, the
Catholicosate’s efforts in the field of the Armenian Cause, writings by
Catholicoi, research and writings by Armenian national leaders and
intellectuals and the role of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in the Diaspora
in general. The department also has a rich collection of photographs and
films.
The Archives department is already open to the public. Intellectuals and
researchers from Armenia and foreign countries come to conduct researches in
the Catholicosate’s Archives department.
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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
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.
