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:

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO THE PAPAL EMBASSY IN HARISA

A delegation representing His Holiness Aram I visited the Papal Embassy
in Harisa on April 5 to express condolences for the death of Pope John
Paul II. Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, primate of the diocese of Lebanon,
headed the delegation which also included Bishop Nareg Alemezian and
a group of priests.

The delegation offered condolences on behalf of the Catholicos and
praised the efforts of the late Pope to reform the church and revive
spiritual and moral values among the youth.

Bishop Khatcherian praised the Pope’s efforts to establish peace and
justice in the church and the world.

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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.