His Holiness Catholicos Aram I In a Brotherhood Visit to His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian
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On Wednesday afternoon, December 13th, 2023, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, visited His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia, and MECC President for the Catholic Family, at the Catholic Patriarchate.
Accompanying His Holiness Catholicos Aram I were HE Arch. Nareg Alemezian, HE Arch. Shahan Sarkissian, Director of the Cilicia Museum, V. Rev. Fr. Hovagim Panjarjian, Director of the Information and Communication Department, and V. Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aprahamian, Director of the Middle East section of the Ecumenical Relations.
His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, accompanied by Msgr Kapriel Mouradian, Vicar General of the Patriarchal Diocese, Msgr Nareg Naamoyan, Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman, Rev. Fr. Mesrop Topalian, director of media department and parish priest of Anjar and Bourdj hamoud, Rev. Fr. Nareg Mnoyan, Rev. Fr. Aram Aprahamaian, Rev. Fr. Garabed Kelenjian, Rev. Fr. Garabed Tateosian, warmly welcomed the guests in friendly and brotherly atmosphere.
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I conveyed his heartfelt congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the Priestly Ordination of His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, reminiscing about their shared history since their first encounter in Los Angeles in 1995.
In turn, His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian expressed gratitude for the warm wishes and emphasized the importance of strengthening the relations between the two Churches.
This news was originally published on the website of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon. Please click here to read the full text.
