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
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF WSCF AND IN THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM

The annual general assembly of the WSCF in the Middle East took place
in Cairo on July 1-3. Representatives from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan,
Sudan and Egypt participated in the conference.

Carla Khijoian, a member of the Executive Committee of WSCF and
the Student Association of the Armenian Church participated in the
conference on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

The attendants discussed the activities of WSCF during the past year,
and the status of the organization’s Middle East office. They also
discussed and planned the activities of the coming year.

The assembly also accepted the membership of a newly formed Christian
youth movement in Iraq.

A conference entitled “Women in the East and honor crimes” followed
the assembly on July 4-7. Several lecturers and professionals in
various fields talked about the concept of honor in the Middle East
and its immediate relation to women.

The participants stressed the importance of educating the women of
the East, so they would get to know their rights and defend them.

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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.