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:

DR. YEGAVIAN VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

The director of the Armenian Affairs Department of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Dr. Zaven Yegavian, visited Lebanon
recently and became the official guest of His Holiness Aram I.

During the two-day visit His Holiness and Dr. Yegavian reviewed and
discussed the cooperation between the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
the Gulbenkian Foundation during the past decade.

They expressed satisfaction regarding the fact that many achievements
had been made possible in the educational, publishing and construction
spheres during this period. They also outlined the fields where
cooperation should take a new momentum.

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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
history and the mission 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.