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
NEW DEACONS FOR PRIESTHOOD ARE ORDAINED IN ANTELIAS
On Sunday 24 May 2009, the eight graduates of the special course for married
priests and monks had their first step in their ordination to priesthood at
St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. The future married
priests and the one monk will serve in the dioceses of Aleppo (Syria),
Lebanon, Canada, Isphahan (Iran), and the United States of America.
The ordination took place during the liturgy presided by His Holiness Aram I
and celebrated by Bishop Shahan Sarkissian, Prelate of Aleppo (Syria).
According to the order of ordination, the Vice Rector of the Seminary
introduced the candidates to the community, after which the candidates took
a vow to serve the church according to its Tradition and moral and ethical
teachings. After they taking their vows, Bishop Shahan gave them the stole
"ourarion" signifying the step.
At the end of the liturgy, the deacons met with His Holiness Aram I and
received his blessings.
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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.