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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE CONFERENCE DEDICATED
TO DISCUSSING THE ISSUE OF MIGRANTS
The Life and Service Unit of the Middle East Council of Churches
organized a conference in Beirut form March 15 to 17 for the committee
of services to refugees, migrants and the displaced. Representatives
from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Jerusalem and Lebanon participated in
the conference. Ms. Nelly Vekilian represented the Catholicosate of
Cilicia in the conference.
The main purpose of the conference was to discuss the best way
for solving the problem of refuges, migrants and the displaced. The
participants discussed the issue of migrants and the displaced settled
in the Middle East. They focused on the legal, social and economic
hardships these migrants and displaced people face and on their living
conditions. The discussions were held through a series of lectures,
personal accounts and workshops.
At the end of the conference, the participants stressed the importance
of developing the role of the church in problems related to migrants,
refuges and the displaced. A special plan was devised for this purpose.
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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.