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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer

Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

ANTELIAS HOSTS THE MEETING OF THE WCC COMMISSION ON COMMUNICATION

ANTELIAS, LEBANON – On Sunday 5 December 2004 the World Council of Churches’
Commission on Communication started its meeting at the headquarters of the
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon. The commission
includes experts in the area of communication and information, who come from
different parts of the world. The Commission is chaired by Ms Manoushag
Boyajian, who is the Dean of the Yeghishe Manougian College and the
Chairperson of the Ecumenical Committee of the Cathilocosate. The meeting of
Antelias is also attended by the director and the staff of the WCC
Communication department.

The participants of this meeting attended the Holy Mass at the Cathedral of
the Catholicosate, then they took part in the dialogue-encounter of His
Holiness Aram I with the Armenian University students, where Mr. Alexander
Belepopsky, the director of the communication department of the WCC, and
some members of the commission shared their thoughts with the students. The
ecumenical guests also attended a musical function organized by the choir of
the Catholicosate.

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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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress