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20Oct

Armenian Synod elects new Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia

The Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church, meeting this week in Rome, has elected Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian as the 21st Catholicos-Patriarch.

A ringing of bells in the patriarchal convent of Bzommar, Lebanon, announced the election of the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics: His Beatitude Raphaël François Minassian.

He had served until now as the titular archbishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia of the Armenians and Ordinary for the Armenian Catholic faithful of Eastern Europe. His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI is the President of Armenian Caritas.

The new Patriarch succeeds Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan,

10Oct

Accompanying and Building Capacities in EU Aid Volunteers(ABC-EUAV)

Project Duration: December, 2019 – May, 2022

Goal: The goal of the Project is to strengthen the organizational and technical capacities in volunteer management, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and organizational emergency preparedness. As a result, stronger Caritas organizations in Eastern and South Eastern Europe will be able to actively support the strengthening of capacities and resilience of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in their respective countries.

Description: ABC-EUAV unites nine European Caritas organisations from EU, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries with the overall objective of enhancing existing organisational capacities in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and emergency preparedness,

17Sep

TERMS OF REFERENCE For a Media campaign on Promotion of Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities (PWD)

Task:
Project title:	Promotion of Inclusive Equitable Quality Education for All in Armenia
Location:	Republic of Armenia
The deadline to submit proposals	October 15, 2021
E-mail submission of technical proposals	s.minasyan@caritas.am info@caritas.am
Contact person	Siranush Minasyan (Project Manager) Phone: +374 93 00-17-78

06Aug

Support to the Population Affected by War in NK

”Armenian Caritas” benevolant NGO continues implementing a number of projects, which aim to improve the living conditions of the families affected by Artsakh war. One of them is the ” Support to the Population Affected by War in Armenia” project.

Within the framework of this 3-month project, 204 families provided with food and hygiene packages, 200 families received non-food packages, 23 families displaced from Artsakh received rental support, as well as 20 families were provided with repairment materials to improve their housing conditions. Project beneficiaries were selected according to the certain criteria.

The project is implemented with financial support of Solidarity fund PL and BGK foundation.

06Aug

The Caritas Europa delegation’s visit to Armenia

Caritas Europa President Msgr Michael Landau, CE ExBo member Alistair Dutton, and Humanitarian Officer CE Charel Krieps arrived in Yerevan on the 2nd of August as part of their trip to Armenia to learn more about Caritas operations in the country and how they are assisting displaced and another conflict-affected family.
As part of their arrival, they met with the Archbishop of Armenian Catholics of Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Eastern Europe and the President of “Armenian Caritas” His Excellency Archbishop Raphael Minassian. Afterward, they met with the EU delegation in Armenia – Mr. Jan Plesinger, Deputy Head of Delegation,