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Armenian version:

DR. NORA BAIRAKDARIAN IS APPOINTED THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN
OF THE ECUMENICAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA

The Ecumenical Relations committee of the Catholicosate of Cilicia
held a meeting in the Catholicosate on June 16. His Holiness Aram I
presided over the meeting.

Ecumenical Relations officer Bishop Nareg Alemezian talked about the
ecumenical conferences and meetings in which the Catholicosate of
Cilicia participated during the last few months. He focused on events
and aspects important to the Armenian Church and the Catholicosate.

His Holiness then identified the significant aspects of the present
ecumenical landscape by spelling out the specific role of the Armenian
Catholicosate of Cilicia. Aram I praised the seriousness and the
commitment of the delegates who represented the Armenian Church in
various ecumenical activities.

His Holiness announced that he has appointed Archbishop Sebouh
Sarkisian (Primate of the Diocese of Tehran) and Mrs. Teny
Pirry-Simonian, the executive secretary of the Relations Department
of the World Council of Churches, as two new members of the committee.

Aram I said prayers for the soul of the recently deceased chairwoman
of the committee, Ms. Manoushag Boyadjian. Then the Committee members
unanimously welcomed the nomination of Committee member Dr. Nora
Bairakdarian-Kabakian by His Holiness Aram I as the new chairwoman
of the committee.

Dr. Bairakdarian is a professor of international law and political
science in the Lebanese University. In the last few years she has been
very active in ecumenical relations, representing the Catholicosate
of Cilicia in various international meetings.

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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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress