PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
ORDINATION OF FIVE DEACONS
IN ANTELIAS
Antelias, Lebanon – On Sunday, June 6, five deacons were ordained and
consecrated as a celibate priest in the Mother Cathedral of the Holy
See of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon. The ceremony was officiated by
His Holiness Aram I. In accordance with the canons of the Armenian
Apostolic Church, the Service of Calling to the Priesthood began
Saturday evening immediately after Vespers service. The candidates’
life, faith and readiness to enter the ministry of priesthood have been
examined. The ordination and consecration were performed by Archbishop
Sebouh Sarkissian, the Primate of the Armenian diocese of Tehran, Iran.
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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.