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: info@ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I INAUGURATES
THE RENOVATED SANATORIUM OF THE CATHOLICOSATE
On Friday 11 September 2009 in the evening, His Holiness Aram I inaugurated
newly renovated section of the main Building of the Azounieh
Sanatorium-Hospital, the community room and the library. It was dedicated to
Zohrab Torikian. Zohrab Torikian was the Chairman of the Board until his
death and he a strong supporter of the renovation project. He was also very
well known for his dedication to the church, its spiritual life and
humanitarian projects since he was a youth.
Azounieh Sanatorium was created when tuberculosis was taking many lives. It
is located in the mountainous region of Chouf. Recently the sanatorium had
also become a hospital and Old Peoples’ home. The representative of the
Minister of Health was among the many guests at the inaugural ceremony. In
his address he congratulated the church and its faithful donors for
responding to a real need in Lebanon, and said: "You should be proud of your
work. You built Azounieh when the need was great and there were not many
sanatoriums. Today, you have renovated it to meet the new needs of the
people."
After blessing the place and the people, His Holiness said: "The Armenian
Church does not talk; it expresses the greatest Christian command of love
through its deeds. Despite the difficulties in Lebanon, Armenians stayed and
will continue to stay and serve Lebanon." He then thanked the donors and the
staff for their devotion.
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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.