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
ANTELIAS CELEBRATES THE SAINT GHEVONT FEAST
In the Armenian Church the feast of the Ghevontian Saints has an appealing
and unique meaning. These braves were self-denying churchmen who were not
only preachers against tyranny, but also fighters in the front lines in the
War of the Vartanians, both before the battle itself and in the continuing
popular resistance during the subsequent period. The memory of Saints was
marked during a series of services stretched over the last two days in the
Catholicosate of Cilicia. Services in the Cathedral in Antelias on February
16 and 17 highlighted the championing role the saints played in the battle
of Avarayr.
Holy mass was also held in the Diocese of Lebanon on February 17, presided
by Primate Bishop Kegham Khatcherian. These services became an opportunity
for both the clergy and the faithful to reassess the role and place of the
Armenian clergy in the life of our nation, particularly in the Diaspora,
where their responsibility is not only limited to fulfilling the believers’
spiritual needs, but also attending to the community’s educational, cultural
and social spheres.
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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.