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:

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE “AMMAN PROCESS” MEETING OF
MECC

The “Amman Process” annual meeting for discussing the issue of emigrants in
the Middle East was held in Amman, Jordan on September 15-18. The meeting
was organized by the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC).

The directors of MECC Units and representatives from the World Council of
Churches (WCC), MECC and various organizations from Europe and the Middle
East attended the meeting. Miss Nora Arisian from Damascus participated in
the meeting on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

The attendants discussed the reports of work undertaken in this field and
the hardships emigrants face in the international and regional levels. They
decided to continue their annual meetings in order to render more effective
the cooperation between Middle Eastern and European ecumenical organizations
and regional exchanges.

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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.