PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
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AUSTRALIA
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8 April 2005

ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH RECEIVES MEMBERSHIP INTO CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF ASIA

Sydney, Australia – Primate of the Diocese of Australia & New Zealand,
His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian today returned from the 12th
General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) held in
Chiang Mai, Thailand from 31 March to 6 April, 2005. The theme of
the conference was “Building Communities of Peace For All”.

The CCA is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National
Councils and over 100 churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand, Australia,
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Laos, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

The Armenian Apostolic Church of Australia was received as a new
member of the CCA at the General Assembly and joins sister churches
from Australia – Anglican Church, Uniting Church and Churches of
Christ – as a full member.

Guest speakers at the conference included Dr Sam Kobia, General
Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Dr James Haire, President
of the National Council of Churches in Australia; and other notable
leaders of different faiths and scholars of public policy.