Aram I Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Holiness Catholicos
Aram I
Patriarch Of:Catholicos of Cilicia
Church:Armenian Apostolic Church
See:Holy See of Cilicia
Appointed:1995
Predecessor:Karekin II (later Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians)
Birth Name:Bedros Keshishian
Birth Date:8 March 1947
Birth Place:Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality:Armenian
Religion:Armenian Apostolic

Aram I (Armenian: Արամ Ա; born Bedros Keshishian [{{lang|hy|Պետրոս Քեշիշեան}}] on 8 March 1947) has been the head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia since 1995 and he resides in Antelias, Lebanon.

Bibliography

Aram I has written the following books:

Inter-religious dialogue

In 2000, he indicated that he had no problem with the substance of Dominus Iesus, the document on relativism of the Holy Office of the Catholic Church, but faulted it for its unecumenical language.[2]

Awards

Baselios MarThoma Didymos I, the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan (Primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church), conferred the Order of St. Thomas, the most prestigious honor of the Church, on Aram I on February 27, 2010, at Kolenchery, India.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographical sketch of H. H. Aram I Keshishian, Catholicos of Cilicia (Main). April 2008. Armenian Orthodox Church. 17 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161029223048/http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/old-archives/htdocs/v01/doc/main.htm. 29 October 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Richard P. McBrien - Dominus Iesus: An Ecclesiological Critique . SEDOS - Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission . Richard P. McBrien . 11 January 2001 . 9 September 2016 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220085319/http://sedosmission.org/old/eng/McBrien.htm . dead .
  3. Web site: Armenian Catholicos Aram I Honored with Order of St. Thomas . Indian Orthodox Herald. 28 February 2010 . George Thazhakara . 9 September 2016.