Category: Cilicia

Catholicos Aram I Urges President Trump to Secure Release of Armenian Hostages and Artsakh Armenians’ Right of Return

OCP- February 8, 2025

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service – 08/02/2025 Beirut– Lebanon: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, calls on President Trump to press ... Read More

Lebanon Mourns Murdered Archimandrite; President Vows Justice, Funeral Arrangements Announced

OCP- February 1, 2025

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service – 01/02/2025 Beirut– Lebanon: Archimandrite Anania Kojanian, the Episcopal Vicar for the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, was found dead at ... Read More

Catholicos Aram I Meets President Joseph Aoun, Emphasizes Unity and National Restoration

OCP- January 21, 2025

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service – 21/01/2025 Beirut– Lebanon: On Monday, January 20, 2025, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia led ... Read More

Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II and Catholicos Aram I Discuss Syrian Crisis and Ecumenical Cooperation

OCP- January 11, 2025

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 11/01/2025 Antelias – Lebanon: His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of ... Read More

Armenian Spiritual Leaders Call for Justice for Artsakh Amidst COP29

OCP- November 5, 2024

OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 05/11/2024 Antelias – Lebanon: Three prominent Armenian spiritual leaders have issued a joint appeal to the Armenian people, urging them to ... Read More

Catholicos of Cilicia Denounces Ukrainian Persecution in Letter to Russian Patriarch

OCP- October 2, 2024

DECR  and OCP News Service – 02/10/2024 Antelias – Lebanon: Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church Aram I, ... Read More

Catholicosate of Cilicia Appoints New Pontifical Vicar for Cyprus Diocese

OCP- July 27, 2024

Archbishop Komitas Ohanian OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 27/07/2024 Antelias – Lebanon: The Armenian Catholicosateof Cilicia has announced the appointment of Archbishop Komitas Ohanian as ... Read More

Catholicos Aram I Calls for Continued Armenian-Iranian Friendship Under New President

OCP- July 9, 2024

OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 09/07/2024 Antelias – Lebanon: On July 8, 2024, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I extended a congratulatory letter to the newly elected ... Read More

Armenian Prelacy of Greece Elects New Prelate: Rev. Fr. Sahag Yemishian

OCP- July 5, 2024

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 04/07/2024 Athens- Greece: The Diocesan National Representatives Assembly of the Armenian Prelacy of Greece convened for a special session on ... Read More

Catholicos Aram I Presses Iran for Help on Artsakh, Calls for Armenian Return

OCP- June 20, 2024

armenianorthodoxchurch.org OCP News Service and armenianorthodoxchurch.org – 20/06/2024 Antelias – Lebanon: On June 18, 2024, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon, Moujtaba ... Read More