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Catholicosate of Cilicia
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ON THE FEAST OF GHEVONTIANTS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ADDRESSES
THE ARMENIAN CLERGY CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA
Ghevontiants is the feast of the Armenian clergy held each year before Lent.
The Church honors the clergy on this day in recognition of their service to
the Church. The dioceses in North America holds annually a joint conference
in order to discuss ways and means of responding together to the spiritual
needs of their believers.
In his Pontifical Letter, His Holiness Aram I highlighted the importance of
the initiative, and blessed their decision to work together and interpret
the Gospel values of the church for the spiritual and diakonal needs of the
community. He reminded them of the importance of their role in the church in
nurturing cohesion and good will in the community.
In the end of his Letter, Catholicos Aram reminded the clergy of the
importance of 2010 as the Year of Armenian Women. He said that the
Pontifical Letter announcing the year also invited the clergy and laity to
address culturally conditioned views on women in the light of the Gospel,
and new international understanding of equality between women and men in
society. He asked them to expand the understanding of laity in the church
and the community and involve women as equal partners.
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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.