Edict

ARAM, SERVANT OF CHRIST,
BY THE WILL OF OUR INFINITE GOD
ELECTED OUR NATION’S CATHOLICOS OF THE GREAT HOUSE OF CILICIA.

GRACE, LOVE, AND PEACE FROM THE LORD,
AND PONTIFICAL GREETINGS FROM US,
AND BLESSINGS OF OUR NATIONAL SAINT GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR,
BE UPON THE BELOVED SON OF THE GREAT HOUSE OF CILICIA,
MR. VOSGUEPERAN ARZOUMANIAN OF BEIRUT, LEBANON

We greet you with our pontifical blessings and Christian fellowship. Furthermore, we want to express our highest appreciation for your committed service to the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia and the Armenian community in Lebanon during the last fifty years.
Indeed, the highest level of responsibility, ardor and commitment has been demonstrated through the many responsible positions you have assumed within the life of the Holy See and the Lebanese diocese in educational, cultural, administrative, economic, and national spheres.
As a testament to your devoted service of many decades and your immeasurable contributions, we award you through this Pontifical Edict with the Medal of the Prince of Cilicia, the highest honor granted by the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
On this occasion, we would like to express our gratitude to your honorable wife and beloved children, who have supported you throughout your service to the church and the nation.
May you live in the name of God, empowered through the grace of the Holy Spirit and blessed till eternity. Amen.
The Edict has given by the Catholicos at the Cathedral of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Antelias, Lebanon, on March 19, 2004. (In the Armenian Calendar, the year 1453).
Edict number 500/253.