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:
ARAM I WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNERAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
The Communication and Information Department of the Catholicosate
of Cilicia announced on April 5, that His Holiness Aram I will
personally participate in the funeral of Pope John Paul II in the name
of the worldwide Armenian communities under the jurisdiction of the
Catholicosate of Cilicia. Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer,
and the staff bearer Rev. Fr. Housig Mardirossian will accompany
His Holiness.
His Holiness, who is presently in Geneva, contacted Vatican officials
and offered his condolences for the death of the Pope.
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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.