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| | Catholicos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Catholicos of the East is title borne by a number of church leaders in India. | | | His Holiness, the Catholicos of All Armenians presides over the Supreme Spiritual Council (the Armenian Church's governing college of bishops), and is the head of the world's 7 million Armenian Apostolic Christians. | | | Catholicos (plural Catholicoi) is a title used by the head bishop of any of certain Eastern churches. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicos
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catholicos |
| | The Albanian catholicos remained loyal to the Armenian Church, with the exception of a brief schism towards the end of the sixth century. | | | Among the Armenians also catholicos was originally a simple title for the principal bishop of the country; he was subordinate to the See of Caesarea in Cappadocia. | | | It is asserted by some that the head of the Abyssinian Church, the Abuna, also bears the title of catholicos, but, although this name may have been applied to him by analogy, there is, to our knowledge, no authority for asserting that this title is used by the Abyssinian Church itself. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03454a.htm
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| | Catholicate of the East |
| | 'CATHOLICOS OF THE EAST' was originally the title conferred to the ecclesiastical head of the Christian congregation in the erstwhile Persian Empire that extended from Mesopotamia in the west, to the boundaries of the present day Afghanistan and Northern India in the east. | | | He and all the clergy of the faithful in India pledge loyalty to the Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the supreme authority of the Syriac Orthodox Church throughout the world. | | | This title came to be used exclusively for the head of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the East (Persia), after the prelates who occupied the office of the Catholicate since late 5th century adopted Nestorian Christology and separated from the mother Church. |
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http://catholicose.org/PauloseII/Catholicate.htm
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| | HyeEtch - Religion & Church - Catholicos Vasken I |
| | HyeEtch - Religion and Church - Catholicos Vasken I | | | Vasken I 's successor became Karekin I, who was previously Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia in April of 1995, elected by the Church Council held in St. | | | Also under Vasken I the preparations began for the momentous celebration of the 1700th Anniversary of the official establishment of Christendom, first in the world to be established as a state religion, in Armenia, by St. Gregory the Illuminator. |
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http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/religion/vasken_i.html
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| | 20TH CENTURY LEADERS OF THE MALANKARA CHURCH |
| | The Malankara delegation to this Assembly was led by the Catholicos. | | | Following the Supreme Court verdict, the Catholicos sent Kalpanas to all the parish churches in Malankara pointing out that the judgement shall be seen as a means for the unification of the two factions in the church, and that everybody should strive for peace. | | | This judgement reconfirmed the authority of Catholicos and the Church Constitution. |
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http://www.stgregorioschurchdc.org/cgi/xpage.cgi?doc=ChurchHistory5.lesson
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| | Catholicos Baselios Paulos II Puthussery (1914-1996) |
| | Mor Philoxenus was chosen to be the Catholicos of the faction owing allegiance to the Patriarch of Antioch at the church delegates meeting held at Thuruthusseri. | | | A great desire of the Catholicos was fulfilled with the founding of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Seminary at Udayagiri. | | | As metropolitan and later as Catholicos, Mor Baselius desired for a lasting peace in the Malankara church. |
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http://sor.cua.edu/Personage/Malankara/CPaulos2.html
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| | ARMENIAN HIGHLAND |
| | Catholicos of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin - Supreme Patriarch of Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church His Holiness Garegin I, baptized Neshan Sarkissian, was born in Kessab, Northern Syria, on August 27, 1932. | | | Upon presentation of his doctoral thesis - The Theology of the Armenian Church, According to Liturgical Hymns Sharakans - he was given the ecclesiastical degree of Vardapet in 1955. | | | During his tenure in Cilicia, Catholicos Garegin paid frequent visits to Holy Etchmiadzin, the Mother See of the Apostolic Church, both during the Second and Third Republics. |
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http://www.armenianhighland.com/catholicoi/catholicos/chronicle561.html
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| | The Catholicos is similar to the pope in the Roman Catholic church. | | | He was consecrated a bishop in 1961 and Catholicos co-adjutor of the house of Cilicia in 1977. | | | The other one was Neshan Sarkissian, who was named Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church. |
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http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20000617/LI_002.htm
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| | Catholicos Karekin II - Armeniapedia.org |
| | In this capacity, Catholicos Karekin II presides over the Supreme Spiritual Council (the Armenian Church's governing college of bishops), and is the chief shepherd of the world's 7 million Armenian Apostolic Christians. | | | Shortly thereafter, His Holiness Vasken I (Catholicos of All Armenians, 1956-1994) sent the new priest to Vienna to study theology. | | | In late October 1999, the Armenian Church chose a successor to the deceased Catholicos Karekin I. |
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http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Catholicos_Karekin_II
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| | Catholicos Aram said for his part that the council of community of churches has formed a special committee this year for religious dialogue and the only representative of the body in the Middle East is an Iranian Bishop. | | | Thanking the Catholicos for his support for Iran at the international communities, President Khatami said that his presence in Iran indicates the active presence of Armenians in the country and experience of co-existence among Muslims, Armenians, and other religions. | | | While during Soviet times the SSC members were appointed by the Catholicos of All Armenians, because of the restrictions imposed by the Soviet régime, the 1945 By-laws of the Armenian Church stipulate that the SSC must be elected by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly (article 7/b), the highest legislative body of the Armenian Apostolic Church. |
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http://www.britishorthodox.org/103i.shtml
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| | Biography of Mor Baselios Paulose II Catholicos |
| | Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II atholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose II was born on 12th June 1914 as the second son of Kassisso Puthussery Joseph, the Vicar of St. Mary's church at Cherai and Elizabeth of Eralil family in North Paravur. | | | It was a great desire of the Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Paulose Bava to initiate a theological seminary for the Church. | | | Left:-The Patriarch accompanied by the Catholicos, the diocesan bishop Mor Yulius Yeshu Çiçek and other Metropolitans, arrives for the consecration of St. Aphrem Monastery in Holland. |
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http://www.catholicose.org/PauloseII/Biography.htm
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| | The Armenian Church in Cilicia |
| | Catholicos Sahag, considered to be one of the most advanced scholars of the period, and Mesrob Mashtotz, with the blessing of King Vramshapooh, undertook the task of devising an alphabet. | | | At that meeting Catholicos Khoren told Catholicos Vasgen, "Rest assured, Your Holiness, that the Holy See of Cilicia is at your side and will stand as a buttress for the existing and everlasting security of Etchmiadzin. | | | Gregory, known as Gregory the Illuminator, was successful in converting King Tiridates, and from the year 301 onward Christianity became the official national religion in Armenia. |
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http://www.armenianprelacy.org/his02.htm
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| | At the Armenian Embassy in Zamalek: ---------------------------------- To welcome Catholicos Karekin, the Armenian Embassy organized a banquet which was attended by Pope Shenouda, Patriarch Boutros VII of the Greek Orthodox Church, Dr Farid Wassel the Mufti of Egypt, Moslem cheikhs along with metropolitans and bishops from both churches. | | | After the prayer, Pope Shenouda welcomed the Catholicos in English and the word was simultaniously translated into Arabic to the people by Metropolitan Bishoy. | | | The meeting was concluded with a pastoral blessing and the Pope greeted the Catholicos. |
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http://www.coptic.net/public/news/2000-10-27.txt
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| | Saints & Feasts |
| | In light of the fact that a major feast, that of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, was being celebrated in August, the Feast of the Transfiguration was separated from the New Year (Navasart) and tied to the dominical observance of the Resurrection. | | | The Catholicos, St. Nerses III the Builder, rushed to Varak with General Vart Rushdouni, son of King Theotoros, whereupon he certified the authenticity of the Holy Relic. | | | Catholicos between 717 and 728 AD, Otznetzi is remembered as one of the most outstanding of the Armenian Church Fathers. |
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http://www.saintsarkis.org/saints_&_feasts.htm
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| | The Election of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin I |
| | The challenge facing the new Catholicos is to take advantage of these changed conditions to raise standards in order to return the church to its preeminent position as the spiritual, moral, and intellectual leader of the world-wide Armenian community. | | | The election of a Catholicos to lead the Armenian Church into the 21st century is an awesome responsibility. | | | May the Lord God bless the Catholicos of All Armenians, Lord Lord Karekin I, and give him a long life in true doctrine in the service of His people. |
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http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/papazian/elect.html
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| | Asbarez Online - June 6, 2005 |
| | Catholicos Karekin II urged the faithful to stay firm in their commitment to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Armenian Apostolic Church and Motherland Armenia. | | | BEVERLY HILLS--A banquet honoring the Pontifical visit of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to the Western Diocese, was held on June 4 at the Beverly Hills Century Plaza Hotel--where the faithful, along with government officials, benefactors, official delegates, and clergy gathered to greet the spiritual leader. | | | In his Pontifical Sermon the Catholicos urged the faithful to renew and reawaken within them the Christian faith and the love towards the Armenian Apostolic Church, as Armenians celebrate together the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet. |
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http://www.asbarez.com/aol/2005/050606.htm
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| | Armenian Church Faces Up to Post-Communist Challenges - Christianity Today Magazine |
| | Armenia's law on religion was amended in 1997 to curb the spread of non-traditional faiths and movements—including some evangelical churches, Jehovah's Witnesses and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—prompting criticism by some minority churches and human rights advocates. | | | Catholicos Karekin's remarks reflect widespread concern among Orthodox church leaders in the former Soviet Union about the activities of some Evangelical groups, and in some cases, the Catholic Church, in the region. | | | Speaking in Geneva February 28, Catholicos Karekin II of the Armenian Apostolic Church told staff of the World Council of Churches that the traditional bond between the Armenian people and his church had helped to preserve Christianity during 70 years of Soviet Communism. |
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/110/23.0.html
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| | 13 December 1996 Declaration signed with Armenian Catholicos |
| | Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I recognize the deep spiritual communion which already unites them and the Bishops, clergy and lay faithful of their Churches. | | | Such a dialogue is particularly imperative in these present times when the Churches are faced with new challenges to their witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ arising out of the rapidly changing situations in the modern world so deeply affected by an extreme secularistic and secularizing pace of life and culture. | | | As they approach the 17th centenary of the official establishment of the Church in Armenia, may they receive the special blessings of the Triune God for peace with justice and for a renewed dedication to witnessing faithfully to the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/ARMENDEC.HTM
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| | Anglican Communion News Service |
| | At the Fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in 1975, held in Nairobi, Catholicos Co-Adjutor Karekin was elected as Vice-Moderator of the Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches. | | | It is with regret and a deep sense of loss that the World Council of Churches (WCC) shares the news that His Holiness Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia, died yesterday at the age of 66. | | | Starting with the establishment of the MECC and the Nairobi Assembly, His Holiness Karekin I, together with his student, Father Aram Keshishian (the future Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia), strengthened and deepened the ecumenical relations of the Armenian Apostolic Church on the world level as well as regional and national levels. |
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http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/acnsarchive/acns1800/acns1855.html
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| | Hye Sharzhoom - March 2001 (vol.22 no.3) |
| | At the end of the luncheon, students asked the Catholicos questions about the differences between the Roman Catholic church and other Christian churches, bioethics in relation to generating enough food for the world’s population, the relationship between religion and politics, and the big question, church unity. | | | Dressed in the traditional black robe with purple cuffs, His Holiness Aram I arrived on campus with an entourage of bishops and local religious leaders of the Armenian Church at the invitation of and as guest of the Armenian Studies Program. | | | In 1995, His Holiness Aram I was elected Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, located in Antelias, Lebanon. |
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http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/hye_sharzhoom/SAMPLE.htm
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| | H.B. Catholicos Mor Baselios Thomas I |
| | In the Syrian Orthodox Church hierarchy, the Catholicos is second in rank to the supreme spiritual head, the Patriarch of Antioch. | | | Thus, fulfilling the wishes of multitude of faithful, the Malankara Church received a Catholicos after a gap of six years (Catholicos Mor Baselios Paulose II died in 1996). | | | The Catholicate office of His Beatitude Baselios Thomas I functions at the Patriarchal centre in Puthencuriz near Kochi, which is also the headquarters of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India. |
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http://www.saintgregorios.org/PARUMALA/Catholicos_ThomasI.htm
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| | This is due to the fact that HH the Catholicos is the moderator of the World Churches Council. | | | March 5'th, in return for HH Pope Shenouda III visit, and to visit the Coptic church, being a sister church of the Armenian Orthodox church, united by the beliefs, teachings, and values, as members in the Oriental Orthodox churches family. | | | A chorus from the clerical college received HH with church hymns, as he arrived and also left the Papal Residence. |
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http://www.coptic.net/public/news/1996-03-15.txt
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| | MALANKARA NEWS |
| | Catholicos Baselios Thomas I, who heads the Jacobite Syrian faction of the Malakankara Syrian Church, on a sit-in in front of the Thrikkunnathu Church since 3 pm on Saturday, sought a written assurance from the Chief Minister on Sunday before he called off his protest fast. | | | KOCHI: Catholicos of the Jacobite faction, Baselios Thomas I, has declared another fasting and is keeping a vow of silence in protest against the police registering non-bailable cases against 48 members of the faction in connection with the unrest at St. Mary's Jacobite Church, near U.C. College, Aluva, on Sunday. |
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http://www.aolplaza.com/mosc/MalankaraNEWS/JUNimages/JuneMNR.htm
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| | Armenian_Catholic |
| | Catholicos Apraham Bedros I: Re-uniter of the Armenian and Latin Churches | | | As head of Armenian Catholics the Catholicos Nerses-Bedros, like St. Thaddeus and St. Gregory the Illuminator, is in Communion with the Patriarch of the West, John Paul II, Pope of Rome and with all the | | | Just as St. Peter held the primacy among the other Holy Apostles so too does St. Peter's successor hold a primacy among the Apostles' successors: the Patriarchs and bishops. |
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http://www.geocities.com/wmwolfe_48044/Armenian_Catholic.html
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| | Window Table of Contents |
| | Address of His Holiness Vazken I, Catholicos of All Armenians, on the occasion of the Blessing of the Holy Chrism, 29 September 1991, trans. | | | Women and the Armenian Church, statement issued by Catholicos Karekin I on the occasion of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. | | | Pontifical Election in Antelias: Catholicos Aram I, Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia (H. Tchilingirian) Vol. |
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| | Asbarez Online - OCTOBER 27, 2000 |
| | In his remarks, the Catholicos said that while he does not come from historic Cilicia, he comes from a spiritual Cilicia, the Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia. | | | This conference was presided over by His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia. | | | The first on the agenda was Vespers at the St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in San Francisco and a sermon was said by the Catholicos to the parishioners of the Bay Area. |
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http://www.asbarez.com/aol/2000/001027.htm
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| | A 'renaissance of faith' for Armenians The-Tidings.com |
| | The pontifical visit of the Catholicos to the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church was initiated by Archbishop Hovan Derderian, who called the visit a "Renaissance of Faith" for the Armenian Church. | | | On June 5 His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, served a special liturgy in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, an ecumenical and interreligious event attended by many members of the Armenian Church, Roman Catholic Church and many Jewish, Protestant and Eastern Rite churches. | | | We welcomed our Catholicos who came from Holy Etchmiadzin, and we are so very happy he can be here and give his fatherly blessings to all of our faithful." |
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http://www.the-tidings.com/2005/0610/karekin.htm
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| | Armenian Catholicos begins pilgrimage from Bethany |
| | The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the Ancient Churches of the East which split away from Byzantine Christianity before the Great Schism of 1054, which divided the Eastern and Western Churches. | | | Karekin II expressed appreciation of the King's care of the Armenian community in Jordan noting that “because of this sincere guardianship that Armenians in Jordan have been able to prosper, keep their language, faith and traditions and become loyal citizens of this country. | | | WADI KHARRAR — The new head of one of the world's oldest Christian churches on Monday began his pilgrimage to the Christian holy sites from Bethany, the site of Jesus Christ's baptism near the River Jordan. |
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http://www.jordanembassyus.org/01182000008.htm
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| | Jesus, Son) by Catholicos Nerses Shnorhali (the Grace-filled), 1100- 1173. | | | After all this he had written to his brother Voskan Vardapet, to come over to advance the printing task, and he, on the other hand, had undertaken the preparation of the lower case letters with (the use of) which the “Jamakeerk (Book of Hours16), the “Sharagnots” (Hymnal), the Holy Bible and other books were printed. | | | Jesus, Son) by Catholicos Nerses Shnorhali (the Grace-filled), 1100-1173. |
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http://www.sain.org/Armenian.Church/vosgan.txt
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| | HyeEtch - Religion & Church - Catholicos Karekin II |
| | HyeEtch - Religion and Church - Catholicos Karekin II History and | | | On october 27, 1999 in the Holy See of Echmiadzin, delegates of the National Synod elected Primate of the Ararat (Patriarchal) Diocese of the Armenia Apostolic Church, Archbishop Karekin Nersissian to become the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians. | | | In 1975 upon the order of His Holiness Vazken I, he left for Germany to serve as spiritual pastor and continue his education in Theology at the University of Bonn. |
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http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/religion/karekin_ii.html
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| | St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church of Boston |
| | The Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, who resides at Devalokam Aramana in Kottayam (Kerala, India) is the supreme head and the leader of the Indian Orthodox Church. | | | The Malankara Association is the general body of the Indian Orthodox Church with representation from all parishes and responsible for electing the Managing Committee members, Malankara Metropolitan, Catholicos, Priest-Trustee, Lay-Trustee, Catholicos-designate, and all Bishops of the Church. | | | The Holy Episcopal Synod (comprising all the Metropolitans including the Catholicos) is responsible for faith, order, and discipline of the Church. |
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http://www.stmarysboston.org/faq.html
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| | Lebanonwire.com Armenian Catholicos holds Christmas mass |
| | Aram I Keshishian, Catholicos of the House of Cilicia, led prayers at a mass Tuesday held in St. Gregory’s Cathedral in Antelias on the occasion of the Armenian Orthodox Christmas. | | | Addressing ministers, legislators, ambassadors, social figures who attended prayers, Keshishian stressed in his sermon the role of the church and its mission among the people. |
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http://www.lebanonwire.com/0401/04010713DS.asp
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| | Sports Weekend 2001 New York |
| | To the strains of the soulful "Hrashapar" hymn, sung by clergy and deacons, the Catholicos entered the sanctuary with his entourage, which included the primates of the Eastern and Western U.S. and Canada--Archbishops Khajag Barsamian, Vatche Hovsepian, Hovnan Derderian, respectively--and Diocesan Legate in Washington, D.C. Bishop Vicken Aykazian. | | | Introduced by Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, who pointed out that the Catholicos had started the youth movement in Armenia (which is being continued today by Bishop Kjoyan), the Vehapar, with obvious emotion, expressed his love for the church's younger generation, and then opened an enthusiastic Q-and-A session. | | | Questioned on how to help young Armenians who are connected to their culture but not to the Christian faith, the Catholicos stressed: "Culture and faith are interconnected. |
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http://www.acyoa.org/new_york_sports_weekend/vehapar_message.htm
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| | Armenian Church |
| | The chief bishop of the Armenian Church, called the Catholicos ("universal bishop"), is at the head of the Armenian Church hierarchy, and resides at Holy Etchmiadzin in Armenia. | | | He succeeded the deceased Catholicos Karekin I, who died in late June 1999 after leading the church for 4 years. | | | The Church entered its most recent era of leadership on October 27, 1999, when Armenian Christians elected His Holiness Karekin II as the 132nd Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, pontiff of the worldwide Armenian Church. |
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http://www.armeniaemb.org/DiscoverArmenia/ArmenianChurch
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : May We Rediscover Our Full Communion |
| | The one condition necessary for union, as Catholicos Nerses Schnorhali declared in one of his letters, is the truth of faith in charity. | | | I recall with gratitude the two visits which, as Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians, you made to me in Rome, and I cordially greet all the members of the Holy Synod and the entire Armenian Apostolic Church, to which I extend my very best wishes. | | | His letters to the Byzantine Emperor remain an ecumenical witness of the first rank, still able to inspire us as we move towards the establishment of full communion between the Catholic Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church. |
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| | To begin with, shortly after Catholicos Karekin II of Cilicia was appointed Catholicos Karekin I of Etchmiadzin, the ARF controlled See of Cilicia appointed Catholicos Aram I to replace him. | | | But this was not to be, because as time went on, the Catholicos Aram's opposition to church unity became more and more apparent.. | | | At the time, as most of us may remember, many of us in North America felt that since our Holy Sees seemed as though they were coming closer together, that at long last, we might also see our divided churches and communities in North America reunited. |
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| | Navhind Times on the Web: India |
| | The Malankara Orthodox Church had taken strong exception to the use of the title ‘Catholicos’ by the new Major Archbishop as the head of the Malankara Orthodox Church is known as the ‘Catholicos’. | | | The Malankara Orthodox Church had also decided not to continue the dialogue with the Catholic Church in the framework of the annual joint international commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Church. | | | He also greeted His Holiness Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II and the members of the Holy Synod of the Malankara Church. |
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http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=07208
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| | Desiring nevertheless to show Catholicos Karekin I his human and spiritual affection, the Holy Father asked Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy to go to Echmiadzin to bring a personal letter from him to the Catholicos. | | | At an audience granted to the Holy See's delegation, His Holiness Karekin II was eager to express his intention of continuing his predecessor's ecumenical efforts, especially with the Catholic Church. | | | Contacts between the Catholic Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church were particularly frequent and intense in 1999. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHISTORY/ANCESTCH.HTM
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| | Jacobites against Catholicos entering church |
| | It was also submitted that in fact, the Catholicos had never entered the church and done any religious service during the last 30 years. | | | The Bench had on Wednesday sought the views of the Jacobite Syrian Association on allowing the Orthodox Syrian Association and the Malankara Metropolitan to perform religious rituals at the church. | | | During the arguments, counsel for the Orthodox faction had confined his plea for police protection for performing religious services to nine churches. |
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| | His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia addressed a message of condolences and support to President Robert Kocharian: "The entire world is following with concern the situation in Armenia. | | | Asked about the possibility of achieving unity in the Armenian Church, the Catholicos, though optimistic, admitted that, "Much work remains to be done at all levels in order to create the necessary atmosphere to achieve unity between the catholicoses and between the people. | | | The ceremony began with the Divine Liturgy during which twelve archbishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church blessed the Catholicos-elect investing the supreme patriarchal power in him. |
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| | During the 1930s one of the leading Bishops of the Syrian Christians, disillusioned by the split between the Catholicos group and the Patriarch group left the Church and moved to the Roman Catholic Church, forming a group called "Reethu". | | | On September 14, 1912 a visiting patriarch from Mardin elevated one of the local bishops in the Syrian Church to Catholicos, a position that existed before in Tigris. | | | Catholics together constitute about 61.4%, the Syrian Orthodox and Syrian Jacobites together about 21.4%, the Marthoma Syrians about 5.7%, the Church of South India 5.2% and others about 6.3% of Christian in the state.The Syrian orthodox and Syrian Jacobites are sometimes referred to as Syrian Christians today. |
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| | NewsFromRussia.Com India: new spiritual leader named for Malankara church |
| | A new spiritual leader of India's main orthodox church was named Monday after the resignation of the previous church head.Thomas Mar Themothios, 85, was consecrated as Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan, said the church's spokesman Jose Parakadavil. | | | The Malankara church has 2.5 million members, most of them in the southern state of Kerala, on whose shores St. Thomas arrived around 50 A.D., according to Christian tradition. |
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| | Catholic World News : Pope Guest Of Catholicos During Armenian Visit |
| | The other major participants in the service were Catholicos Karekin II, Cardinal Walter Kasper (bio - news) (the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity), and Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX of the Armenian Catholic Church. | | | During his remarks at the airport welcoming ceremony, the Holy Father referred to the "glorious history" of Armenian Christianity. | | | After the airport ceremony, the Pope observed an Armenian tradition by going directly to the small but ancient Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Echmiadzin, where he joined in an ecumenical prayer service. |
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http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=16446
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| | Christian News, Updated Daily - Christian Today > World Religious Leaders Show Commitment to Solve World’s Pressing ... |
| | In response to the call of Catholicos Aram I on world religions for a common action to influence the broken world, Professor Dr Wande Abimbola from Nigeria, Chief of African religion, urged for a dialogue oriented "to solve the pressing problems of the world". | | | At the "Critical Moment in Inter-religious Dialogue" conference, sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva yesterday morning, some 130 participants from ten world religions expressed their common concern "to solve the pressing problems of the world". | | | Samuel Kobia, WCC General Secretary, H.H. Catholicos Aram I, Lebanon, Mrs Heba Raouf Ezzat, Muslim, Egypt, Dr. Wande Abimbola, African Traditional Religion, Nigeria (Peter Williams/WCC) |
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http://www.christiantoday.com/news/church/world.religious.leaders.show.commitment.to.solve.worlds.pressing.problems./601.htm
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| | Catholicos Karekin I : Statement on Women |
| | As the head of the Church I think I was the first Catholicos of All Armenians in whose election women took part. | | | It was apparently included in the report issued to the United Nations by the Armenian government on the occasion of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. | | | Note: AIWA claims neither to endorse nor to disagree with the following statement. |
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http://www.aiwa-net.org/Karekin.html
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| | The Catholicos said a prayer "in the name of the strengthening and flourishing of the Russian state." "We are glad seeing long-standing traditions of friendship and brotherhood between our countries strenghtening with every day and bearing new good fruit," said the Catholicos. | | | Etchmiadzin (Itar-Tass) - A Russian Orthodox church wil be built in central Yerevan and the Moscow Patriarchate will heighten the level of its mission in Armenia, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II said here last Thursday, receiving Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the Federation Council upper house of Russian parliament. | | | Karekin II expressed satisfaction with the fact that warm relations continue not only between the states but also between the churches. |
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http://www.churcharmenia.com/church/RussChurch.html
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| | Armenian Assembly of America - Armenia This Week |
| | Election of Armenian Church Catholicos to be Held in October | | | That incident triggered the six bishop's protest, he said. | | | He said "The Church should become the focal institution in our lives and activities." |
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http://www.aaainc.org/ArTW/article.php?articleID=725
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| | St. Thomas Home Page |
| | The new Catholicos was enthroned as His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Didimos I during the Holy Eucharist at Parumala Church on Monday, October 31st. | | | Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews II, supreme Head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Malankara Metropolitan, stepped down from the highest ecclesiastical position of the Church on Sunday. | | | Immediately after the stepping down of the his position as Malankara Metropolitan, Catholicos Elect Thomas Mar Thimothios assumed the office of Malankara Metropolitan. |
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http://castlecomputers.com/stthomasla
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| | History: The Armenian Weekly Online: May 2004 |
| | In Antelias, the Catholicos also organized an international conference titled “Genocide, Impunity, and Justice” from April 22-23, as part of the Armenian Martyrs’ Day activities hosted by the Catholicosate of Cilicia. | | | ANTELIAS, Lebanon—In his April 17 lecture delivered to an international conference titled “Lasting Peace in Africa,” in Kigali, Rwanda, Catholicos Aram I spoke about “Genocides in the 20th Century and Lessons to Humanity,” emphasizing the crucial importance of a punitive approach as an effective measure to prevent genocide. | | | In this context, the Catholicos referred to the Armenian Genocide, which is still awaiting justice. |
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http://www.hairenik.com/armenianweekly/may_2004/history002.html
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| | Catholic World News : Armenian Church Leader Arrives In Rome |
| | Yesterday the Holy Father spoke of the common theological declaration which he signed with Karekin I, the Catholicos of the entire Armenian Apostolic Church, in December, ending fifteen centuries of theological dispute which could be traced back to the Council of Chalcedon. | | | However, that theological agreement did not solve all of the problems that divide the two communions; Karekin I pointed out that there are still tensions remaining because of the existence of an Armenian-rite Catholic Church-- in union with Rome, but effectively in competition with his own Armenian Apostolic Church. | | | He arrives at the very time when Pope John Paul has been insistent in his demand that Catholics strive for progress on the road to Christian unity. |
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http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=4106
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