Armenian Archbishops to attend Pope Shenouda III funeral in EgyptMarch 20, 2012 - 17:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Archbishops Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Tehran, and Nareg Alemezian will represent His Holiness Aram I and the Catholicosate of Cilicia at the funeral of Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, on Tuesday, March 20. In his letter to the Holy Synod, Catholicos Aram I recalled that they had last met a few months ago during the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Pope’s enthronement. He wrote that they had met for the first time in 1966, when the late Pope was director of the Christian Education Department of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and the Catholicos was a young deacon. Since then they continued their brotherly cooperation in the Middle East Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, and in the Bilateral Theological Dialogues with other Churches. He then wrote, “Along with these ecumenical engagements, we formed together with the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Permanent Meeting of the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East. Our intention was to deepen our centuries-old relations as ancient churches, and face the challenges in the Middle East together, through our meetings as Heads, and the continuing work of the Standing Committee.” Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |