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Mother See Participates in Inter-Faith Conference in Iran

PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address:  Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact:  Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel:  (374 10) 517 163
Fax:  (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail:  ktrij@etchmiadzin.am
March 19, 2006

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Participates in Inter-Faith Conference in
Iran

The Department of Inter-Church Relations of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin reports that an inter-faith theological conference entitled
`Constructive Interaction Among Divine Religions’ is being held in Isfahan,
Iran from March 18 to 19, 2006.

The conference has been organized by the Islamic and Cultural Relations
Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran

On the agenda for the conference are the following thematic subjects:
1. The role of religion in the order of social life
2. Dialogue and international relations among religions
3. Common values among the monotheistic religions as a basis of mutual
understanding
4. Human rights and religion

Representatives of Islam, Christianity and Judaism, as well as the Hindu and
Zoroastrian faiths, will be participating in the conference.  Also
participating will be the spiritual leaders of ethnic and religious
minorities living in Iran.

His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian of the Brotherhood of Holy
Etchmiadzin has been assigned by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All
Armenians, to represent the Armenian Church and the Mother See at the
conference, and will be presenting his paper to the participants entitled
the `Role of Religion in the Order of Social Life’.

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