The first Armenian church to be build in Abu Dhabi

07.03.2010 15:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After leaving India, H.H. Catholicos Aram I spent
two days in the Gulf Region visiting the members of the Armenian
Diocese. The Prelate H.E. Archbishop Gorun Babian and members of the
National Council welcomed him at the airport in Dubai and accompanied
him during his stay.

In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, His Holiness met with the clergy and lay
leaders of both communities and greeted the members during a Vespers
Service in Abu Dhabi. In his address he invited the people to deepen
their faith in God and shape their lives according to the Gospel
values.

His Holiness also met with the Ambassadors of Lebanon and Armenia. The
highlight of his visit to the Gulf was the meeting with the Political
Authorities of Abu Dhabi, who informed His Holiness that in response
to an earlier request, the ruler of Abu Dhabi was offering a peace of
land 3000 square meters large to build a church and a community
center, Communication and Information Department reported.

The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. Its jurisdiction extends over the
Armenian Communities in the Middle East, Europe and North and South
America. The Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
located in Antelias, Lebanon.