New Diocesan Council Elected in the Armenian Diocese of Damascus
25.08.2004
The Armenian Diocese of Damascus (Syria) officially informed the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin that on August 15, a Diocesan Assembly was convened at the St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral of Damascus. During the meeting a new Diocesan Council was elected. The elections were organized by the initiative of the Parish Council of St. Sarkis and the (Armenian) national representative assembly of Damascus, and were conducted according to the rules of the National Constitution, under the supervision of the Election Oversight Committee.
An election such as this, with the participation of all Armenian organizations of Damascus, had not happened in the last thirty years within this diocese.
The newly elected Diocesan Council is comprised of eleven lay members from throughout the community and two clergymen from the Diocesan Religious Council. In accord with the national constitution, the president of the Diocesan Council is the primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, Very Rev. Fr. Armash Vardapet Nalbandian.
The new diocesan council members, under the guidance of their diocesan primate, will bring their efforts and devoted service to the progress and prosperity of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, for the glory of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, has conveyed his Pontifical Blessings and good wishes to the newly elected members of the Diocesan Council of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus.
