PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: nian.htm
THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GREETS HIS HOLINESS ARAM
I
AT THE ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR ARMENIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
On Friday 30 January 2009, the Armenian Community in Sharja (UAE) welcomed
His Holiness Aram I at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Orthodox
Church.
"We should not only build churches, but we should become the Church" was the
theme of his pastoral message. In his message he spoke of the importance of
making the church a community; a place where love and hope becomes the
vocation of each member. He reminded the community "every child is committed
to this vocation through his/her Baptism when the God Father takes the oath
to lead the child in "Faith, Hope and Love". He then continued "we must
re-own and express this commitment through our family life, in schools and
as a community. By teaching faith, love and hope, Jesus showed us the way to
God, and the way to live out God’s command in this world. Through Baptism
every Christian becomes a member of the Body of Christ, which is the Church.
Therefore, Christians cannot remain outside the church because they are the
church. The church is not only the building, the church is the reflection of
christian life expressed through its members individually and collectively,
as the community of faith, love and hope in this world.
At the end of the message His Holiness met the members of the community.
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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 dioceses 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
