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.
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Message from His Holiness Catholicos Aram I to the Armenians of Aleppo

From the Catholicosate in Antelias, we extend our fatherly and warm greetings to the beloved sons and daughters of our…

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2024 | The Year of Human Resources Preparation

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I OF THE GREAT HOUSE OF CILICIA ANTELIAS To the Prelates, the clergy, the…

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A New All-Armenian Strategy

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Statements

Catholicos Aram I Declares 2020 the Year of Armenians with Special Needs

From the Monastery of Antelias of the Great House of Cilicia, we greet with pontifical blessing, warm Christian love and…

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Op-Eds

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…

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