PRESS RELEASE
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
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
SERIES OF IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN ANTELIAS
Antelias, Lebanon – Throughout the last week a number of important meetings
took place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias. These
meetings were presided by His Holiness Aram I.
On the first day the Religious Executive Council met. Its agenda covered
activity reports related to Christian Education, Ecumenical relations and
Youth Department as well as programs and concerns related to different
spheres of religious life.
On the second day the Lay Executive Council had its meeting. The committee
studied questions and projects related to the financial administrative
social and public relation spheres of the Catholicosate. In the meeting of
both Executive Committees a special attention was given to the direct
assistance that the Catholicosate provides to the Dioceses in different
areas of the Diocesan activities.
On the third day His Holiness presided over an enlarged meeting with the
participation of Religious and Lay Committees, diocesan primates and lay
representatives. This gathering addressed a number of issues, mainly related
to the overall activities of the Catholicosate. In his introductory and
closing remarks, His Holiness emphasized the importance of responsibility
and accountability in the work of the Catholicosate on global and diocesan
level. He also stressed the needs for self-critical assessment as a way
towards progress and success.
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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.