His Holiness Catholicos Aram I Receives Sunday School Students on the Feast of Poun Paregentan
On Sunday, February 15, 2026, in celebration of the Feast of Poun Paregentan (the Eve of the Great Lent), His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), received the Cathedral’s Sunday School family, headed by Director Janine Tanielian, in the atrium of the Catholicosate.
Poun Paregentan, which means “Good Living,” celebrates the joy and abundance of Eden and serves as a transition to Great Lent, inviting the faithful to forty days of repentance, prayer, and fasting. Traditionally, the feast is celebrated with festive meals, masquerades, music, dancing, and games.
Embracing this joyous spirit, Sunday School students arrived in costume to celebrate with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I.
Ms. Tanielian expressed deep gratitude for the Catholicos’ support of the Sunday School’s spiritual and educational mission. She also spoke about the significance of gathering in the atrium to receive the Catholicos’ pontifical blessing, and shared highlights of the school’s activities and achievements…
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