PRESS RELEASE Catholicosate of Cilicia Communication and Information Department Tel: (04) 410001, 410003 Fax: (04) 419724 E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org Web: http://www.cathcil.org/ PO Box 70 317 Antelias-Lebanon Antelias Mourns the Passing of Archbishop Vartan Demirdjian Antelias, Lebanon - His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, members of the Brotherhood of Cilicia, announce with deepest sadness the passing of His Eminence Archbishop Vartan Demirdjian. Archbishop Vartan died suddenly in Antelias, Lebanon, on Thursday, September 9. He was 65 years old. The Extreme Unction and Burial services will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2004, at 11 a.m. at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. Interment will follow in the Mausoleum of the Holy See of Cilicia. His Holiness Aram I will preside over the services. Archbishop Demirdjian, a member of the Cilician Brotherhood, was born in Lebanon in 1939. He was ordained a celibate priest in 1957 and was consecrated a Bishop in 1977. He has served the Armenian Church in various capacities including several years of service in Iran and Greece, as a teacher at the Cilician See's Theological Seminary, and Director of the Printing House. At the time of his death he was the Librarian at the Catholicosate's Library.
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