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: nian.htm
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA RELEASES THE DVD
OF THE BLESSING OF MURON
The Communications Office of the Catholicosate of Cilicia announced today it
has released a DVD documenting the historic Blessing of the Muron
(Muronorhnek) service held on 7 June 2008 in the Saint Gregory the
Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias.
Attending the ceremony performed by His Holiness Aram I were the
representatives of the Holy Sees of the Armenian Church- the Catholicosate
of All Armenians in Etchmiyadzine, The Orthodox Seat in Jerusalem and the
Patriarchate in Istanbul. Also present alongside the Pontiff were the
Primates of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the members of the Cilician
Brotherhood.
His Holiness Aram I addressed the entire Armenian nation during his Sermon
on this holy occasion, greeting all Armenians worldwide from the
Catholicosate’s Antelias headquarters. A huge crowd of believers attended
the ceremony in addition to representatives from sister churches, as well as
government and diplomatic officers.
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View the cover here:
tos/Photos305.htm
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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 books
published in the Printing House 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.