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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PAYS NEW YEAR VISITS TO THE BIRDS’ NEST, OLD PEOPLE’S
HOME, THE ARMENIAN SANATORIUM IN AZOUNIEH AND THE YOUTH ASSOCIATION CENTER
As always, His Holiness Aram I did not forget to spend time with the
elderly, the sick, orphans and the youth during the holiday season. In the
spirit of remembering the needy people particularly at Christmas, the
Pontiff visited the "Birds’ Nest", which shelters 50 deprived kids.
The Pontiff also paid a visit to the national sanatorium in Azounieh, home
to over 150 patients and old people. He also visited the National Home of
the Elderly in Bourdj Hammoud and the home of the blind people, where over
100 cases receive care and treatment. His Holiness also attended the
Christmas event organized by the Armenian Church University Students’
Association (ACUSA).
His Holiness distributed gifts during his visits, wishing everyone a long
life filled with joy and health in the years to come. The Pontiff reminded
everyone that "the church should open up to our nation through service; it
should become an important presence in the life of our people and in the
footsteps of its founder Jesus Christ, it should be with the poor, the
elderly, the sick and the deprived. Today more than ever our people need the
caring of the church, they need the life-giving words of the Gospel so they
can live their lives on the basis of enlightening spiritual values."
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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.