Aram I visits Dubai, Abu Dhabi

Aram I visits Dubai, Abu Dhabi
May 5, 2012 - 14:38 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia paid a visit to United Arab Emirates.

He was met at Dubai airport on by the Catholicosal Vicar of the Diocese of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates Bishop Shahe Panossian, the Lebanese Ambassador, the Ambassador of Armenia and his wife, members of the Executive Committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and representatives of Armenian organizations in the region.

Afterwards, the Catholicos held a meeting session with the members of the Executive Committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, and in the evening he attended a dinner organized in his honor.

His Holiness Aram I also presided over the Holy Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator church in Shrajah, where he was greeted by students. His Holiness focused his message on the meaning of God in the personal and collective lives of the members of the Armenian Church.

At the end of the liturgy, the faithful greeted the Catholicos and received his blessings.

Catholicos Aram I and his entourage also visited Abu Dhabi.

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