CATHOLICOS ARAM I PROCLAIMS 2007 "THE YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE"

Noyan Tapan
Jan 17 2007

ANTELIAS, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. In line with a previously
established tradition, His Holiness Aram I proclaimed 2007 to be the
"Year of the Armenian Language."

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 about the "Year of the Armenian Language"
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.

The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. Its jurisdiction extends over the
Armenian Communities in the Middle East, Europe and North and South
America.