PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
THE TRADITIONAL ANNUAL BOOK FAIR OPENS IN ANTELIAS
"AS OF 2010 THE CHURCH WILL ORGANISE PAN-DIASPORA BOOK FAIR" ARAM I
On Sunday November 1 2009, after the Holy Liturgy the clergy and laity
walked in procession from the Cathedral Gregory the Illuminator to the big
tent erected in the middle of the Courtyard of the monastery housing the
Annual Book Fair. Annually, Armenian publishers, organizations, media,
producers of DVDs and CDs all over from the Americas, Europe, the Middle
East and other regions are invited to exhibit their books, documents, music
and other cultural artefacts for a whole month. The Publishing House of the
Catholicosate that publishes hundreds of volumes annually sponsors the Book
Fair. This event is an occasion to sensitise the Armenian public on the
spiritual, literary and cultural achievements of the Diaspora.
In His opening speech His Holiness Aram I welcomed the participating
organizations and thanked them for their work in sustaining Armenian
language and culture in the Diaspora. He then showed the first print of the
book that included essays by Armenian Students in the Diaspora who had won
the Essay competition. His Holiness had announced the competition during the
Book Fair in 2008. At the end of his speech Catholicos Aram I announced that
as of 2010 all the communities in Diaspora would be invited to take part in
Book Fairs.
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View the photos here:
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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.