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Aram I: A Social Transformation Has Begun in Armenia—The Holders of Power Should Not Betray the Youth

What happened in Armenia was the first step of a social transformation. The people rose against the widening gap between haves and have-nots, growing corruption, and a dominance of injustice in all aspects and spheres of life throughout the country. Struggle for social injustice has been at the heart of all major revolutions of history. When a people's power is suppressed;

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His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

Born in 1947, in Beirut, Lebanon, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia, studied at the Armenian Theological Seminary, Antelias, Lebanon and the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, Geneva, Switzerland. He received his M.Div. from the Near East School of Theology, his S.T.M. jointly from the American University of Beirut and Near East School of Theology, and his PhD from Fordham University in New York. He also holds several honorary degrees. His major areas of specialization are philosophy, systematic theology, and Near Eastern church history. Catholicos Aram I was ordained as a celibate priest in 1968 and obtained the title of Vartabed (Doctor of the Armenian Church) in 1970. In 1979, after serving for one year as Locum Tenens, he was elected Primate of the Armenian Orthodox Community in Lebanon; the next year he received episcopal ordination. In June 1995, His Holiness was elected Catholicos (the Head of the Church) by the Electoral Assembly of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia.

5 Comments

  1. Now, what to do with the other “Holiness”, the one living in his new palace on Abovyan Street, the one that has been conspicuous by his silence, the one who met with RPA party leaders the day before they voted down Pashinyan’s first attempt at becoming Prime Minister.

  2. If he had a shame at tenth of his sins, he’d been buried under the load of his shame. Let the Lord be his judge.

  3. I agree with what Steve says. Maybe the people of Armenia will now turn their eyes to Etchmiadzin and replace him with H.H. Aram I!

  4. Well done holly father. We need your blessing and advice to unite the whole nation for a prosperous, strong and fair Armenia.

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