PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PROCLAIMS 2007
"THE YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE"

In line with a previously established tradition, His Holiness Aram I
proclaimed 2007 to be the "Year of the Armenian Language." The Pontiff’s
Encyclical will be read during the Sunday Mass in the St. Gregory the
Illuminator Cathedral on January 17.

In 2007 The Catholicosate of Cilicia and all its dioceses and institutions
will focus on the Armenian language. Several events and initiatives
organized by the Catholicosate, its dioceses and Armenian schools in the
Armenian communities throughout the Diaspora will bring under the spotlight
the Armenian language, its preservation and development and specially its
correct usage by the new generations.

The Catholicos’ Encyclical will be read from the altars of all the churches
in the dioceses of the Catholicosate of Cilicia during the next few weeks,
inviting the Armenian nation to reassess the unique importance of their
mother language in Armenian life both in Armenia and the Diaspora.

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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.