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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS THE NEW GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF ALEXANDRIA

Antelias, Lebanon – On Friday morning His Holiness Aram I Catholicos of
Cilicia, met in the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Egypt His Beatitude
Theodoros II, the new patriarch of the Greek Orthodox See of Alexandria.

His Holiness Aram I was formally welcomed at the main entrance of the
Cathedral by His Beatitude who was surrounded by the members of the Synod,
clergy and faithful.

By welcoming His Holiness, His Beatitude recalled the long standing
relations between His Holiness Aram I and himself. He said “I still remember
when I was an assistant to the late Patriarch Parthenios, your active
participation in the ecumenical movement, your leadership in the World
Council of Churches as Moderator of the Central Committee, and your
important role in expressing the position of the Orthodox churches and your
role as a bridge builder between the Orthodox and the Protestant churches.
As the new Patriarch of Alexandria I want to assure you that we will
continue our collaboration for the visible unity of the church”.

In responding to the greetings of Patriarch Theodoros II, Catholicos Aram I
congratulated the election of His Beatitude, he deeply appreciated the
contribution of the Patriarchate of Alexandria to the ecumenical movement
through the World Council of Churches and Middle East Council of Churches,
and he said that “ecumenism is working together for common witness and
service and for the visible unity of the church. We must continue our common
ecumenical engagement as Orthodox churches in a world which calls us to face
together the new challenges and concerns”.

His Holiness Aram I was in Cairo together with Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian
and Bishop Nareg Alemezian, to take part in the meeting of the three Heads
of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East.

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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.