Cilicia Catholicosate to Host Conference on Independence Centennial

Emil Lazarian 2017
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Holy See of Cilicia

ANTELIAS, Lebanon – In April 2018, the Armenian Catholicosate of The Holy See of Cilicia will mark the centenary of the first Independent Republic of Armenia with a pan-Armenian conference in Antelias.

The pan-Armenian conference will bring together historians, academics, community leaders, and government officials from Armenia, Artsakh, and the Diaspora.

The participants will analyze the historical circumstances that led to the creation of the first independent republic of Armenia on 28 May 1918. They will also assess the significant aspects of the history of the diaspora and Soviet Armenia and will propose strategies for the future.

His Holiness Aram I will preside over an organizing committee that will include Yervant Pamboukian, Prof. Ashod Melkonian, Shahan Kandaharian, Giro Manoyan, Khatchik Der Ghougassian and Khatchig Dedeyan.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS