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:

INTERNATIONAL ECUMENICAL GUESTS VISIT ANTELIAS

International ecumenical guests visited the Catholicosate of Cilicia in
Antelias on May 18 and 19. Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, primate of the Diocese
of Lebanon, welcomed the guests on behalf of His Holiness Aram I.

The first visitors were 15 Lutherans from Germany, accompanied by the
spiritual leader of the German-speaking evangelical church of Beirut. The
second group of visitors was the 40 spiritual leaders of the international
“True Life in God” union.

The guests visited the St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, the monument
of the Armenian Genocide and the “Cilicia” museum.

Bishop Khatcherian conveyed His Holiness’ greetings to the guests and
informed them about the different fields in which the Catholicosate of
Cilicia works and concentrating on its contribution to spiritual, ecumenical
and inter-faith activities.

The guests, who were well-informed about the Armenian Genocide, made
statements in favor of a just resolution of the Armenian Cause upon visiting
the museum and the monument.

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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.