PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

President Kocharian in Antelias

Antelias, Lebanon – On Wednesday morning, 12 May 2004, President Kocharian
of Armenia, who has been visiting Lebanon upon the invitation of President
Lahoud, met His Holiness Aram I in Antelias, at the spiritual center of the
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. The clergy serving in the Catholicosate
and the members of the Executive Council also attended the meeting.

On the first day of his visit to Lebanon, a breakfast-meeting has already
taken place between His Holiness and President Kocharian. This meeting was
an occasion for both leaders to discuss issues pertaining to Armenia and
Diaspora-Armenia relations. They emphasized the importance of strengthening
the national unity at this critical point of the history of our people.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.