Armenian Cilicia Catholicosate
| Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia | |
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 Holy See of Cilicia | |
| Local Name | |
| Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Current primate | Catholicos Aram I |
| Headquarters | Antelias , Lebanon |
| Primary territory | Middle East |
| Territorial Expansion | Armenian Diaspora |
| Rite | Armenian |
| Language (s) liturgical (s) | Classical Armenian |
| Website | www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/ |
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The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (in Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia or Catholicosate of Sis is an autocephalous jurisdiction of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The head of the Church carries the title of Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, with residence in Antelias near Beirut in Lebanon (current holder: His Holiness Aram I since 28 June 1995 ).
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Organization
Primate
The primate has the title of Servant of Jesus Christ and by the inscrutable will of God and the election of the people, Archbishop and Catholicos of the Armenians of the Great House of Cilicia.
He was elected a national assembly including clerics (third) and lay people (two thirds).
See catholicossal
The residence of the head is attached to catholicossal Antelias near Beirut since 1930. She was formerly located at Sis (now city of Kozan ), from 1441 to the years 1919 - 1921 upon withdrawal French in Cilicia and the takeover of the area by Turkey. The Catholicos was initially withdrawn to Aleppo in Syria before moving to Antelias which was created a new seat with a cathedral, a residence, a seminar ...
Situation in 1914
- Diocese of catholicossal Sis
- Archdiocese of Adana -Brkek
- Archdiocese of Marash
- Diocese of Hadjin
- Diocese of Payasse
- Diocese of Aleppo
- Diocese of Zeitoun
- Diocese of Aintab
- Diocese of Antioch
- Diocese of Malatya
- Diocese of Yozgat
- Diocese of Gurun
- Diocese of Divrik
- Monastery Firnouz
- Monastery Drend
Current Status
The Catholicosate of Cilicia is divided into several dioceses in the Near and Middle East, Mediterranean and North America:
- Near and Middle East
- North America
- Prelature of Canada
- Prelature of the eastern United States
- Prelature of the Western United States
- South America
- Vicariate of Venezuela
Relations with other Churches
The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Council of Churches of the Middle East.
Catholicos participates every year at the Meeting of Primates of the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Middle East.
See also
Related articles
- List of Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia
- Armenian kingdom of Cilicia
- Relations between Armenians and Crusaders
Bibliography
- Vahe Tachjian, France in Cilicia and Upper Mesopotamia to the borders of Turkey, Syria and Iraq (1919-1933), L'Harmattan (col. People and Societies), Paris , 2004 ( ISBN 2845864418 ).
- Jean-Pierre Valognes Life and Death of the Christian Orient, Fayard, Paris , 1994 ( ISBN 2213030642 ).
External link
- (En) (hy) Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia Catholicosate . Accessed May 27, 2009.
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Armenian Apostolic Church ( Catholicosate of All Armenians , Catholicosate of Cilicia) Syriac Orthodox Church ( Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ) Malankara Orthodox Church Malabar Independent Church ( Syro-Orthodox French ) | |
| See also: two councils of churches - churches of the seven councils - Eastern Catholic Churches |
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