PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
Catholicos Aram I Receives Highest Honor
from the Church of Sweden
Antelias, Lebanon – His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House
of Cilicia, received the highest award given by the Church of Sweden,
on October 2, 2004, during a dinner given in his honor in Uppsala,
Sweden. The award was presented by the head of the Church of Sweden,
Archbishop K. G. Hammar.
In presenting the award, Archbishop Hammar said, “Only three
individuals, the last being Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa,
have received this award, and you are the fourth. We decided to
present this award to you in recognition and appreciation of your
important contribution to the worldwide Ecumenical Movement”.
His Holiness expressed his thanks for this great honor. He spoke about
the Armenian Church and people, especially the will of the people to
survive in the aftermath of the Genocide and the important role played
by the Church. He also focused on the importance of the Ecumenical
Movement which he described as a means to strengthen inter-church
cooperation. He praised the role of the Church of Sweden in the
Ecumenical Movement and particularly in the WCC.
His Holiness arrived in Stockholm on October 1, where he was welcomed
by the head of the Church and a representative of the Lebanese Embassy.
The next day His Holiness attended the annual assembly of the Church
of Sweden where he delivered a lecture about Christian unity.
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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
Ecumenical activities 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.