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

Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I WISHES

THE QUICK RECOVERY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

His Holiness Aram I contacted Vatican officials from the headquarters of the
World Council of Churches in Geneva and expressed his wishes for the quick
recovery of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. The Pope had been hospitalized
because of health problems. His Holiness wished full recovery to the Pope in
the name of the Catholicosate of Cilicia as well as personally.

During his stay in Geneva the Catholicos held a meeting with Vatican
representatives and discussed inter church affairs with them. The two sides
talked about the theological dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox churches
and the Roman Catholic Church. The first session of this dialogue had been
held in the Vatican last month. His Holiness and the Vatican representatives
discussed the phases of this dialogue’s development and the agenda of future
meetings.

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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.