HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ADDRESSES THE ARMENIAN CLERGY CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia
ON THE FEAST OF GHEVONTIANTS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ADDRESSES
THE ARMENIAN CLERGY CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA
Ghevontiants is the feast of the Armenian clergy held each year before Lent. The Church honors the clergy on this day in recognition of their service to the Church. The dioceses in North America holds annually a joint conference in order to discuss ways and means of responding together to the spiritual needs of their believers.
In his Pontifical Letter, His Holiness Aram I highlighted the importance of the initiative, and blessed their decision to work together and interpret the Gospel values of the church for the spiritual and diakonal needs of the community. He reminded them of the importance of their role in the church in nurturing cohesion and good will in the community.
In the end of his Letter, Catholicos Aram reminded the clergy of the importance of 2010 as the Year of Armenian Women. He said that the Pontifical Letter announcing the year also invited the clergy and laity to address culturally conditioned views on women in the light of the Gospel, and new international understanding of equality between women and men in society. He asked them to expand the understanding of laity in the church and the community and involve women as equal partners.
