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Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS CHAIRS
THE WCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

His Holiness Aram I presided the meeting of the Executive Committee of the
World Council of Churches, held in Geneva last week.

The agenda of the meeting focused on the preparations for the WCC 9th
Assembly to be held in Brazil in February 2006. The participants discussed
and finalized the meeting’s agenda, as well as the political, economic and
social decisions to be taken by the Assembly.

The Executive Committee listened to the General Secretary’s report and
adopted decisions accordingly. The financial situation of WCC was widely
discussed and the participants concluded that despite the economic
initiatives taken by the Council, WCC still faces financial difficulties,
which force the Council to plan more wisely for the coming years.

After long and serious discussions the Executive Committee took a series of
decisions related to administrative, economic and executive issues. The
committee established new committees and assigned people to new positions.

As chairman of WCC’s Executive and Central Committees, His Holiness Aram I
emphasized the importance of keeping up with the modern world, introducing
drastic changes to WCC’s structures and projects and turning the
inter-religious dialogue into an important imperative.

His Holiness Aram I also held meetings with the General Secretary,
secretariat and the heads of some committees of WCC.

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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.