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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Armenian version:

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE
CONFERENCE

The Middle East Council of Churches, the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee
and the Islamic International Conference organized the second international
Christian-Muslim dialogue conference in Cairo on March 21-22. The conference
was entitled “Religion and Human Rights.”

The conference was sponsored by Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See
of St. Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and Sheikh Al-Azhar Dr. Mohammed
Said Tantawi. Christian and Muslim theologians and scholars participated in
the conference. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Primate of the Diocese of
Tehran represented the Armenian Church (the Catholicosate of Cilicia) in the
conference as member of the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee.

Archbishop Sebouh took the stage during the opening of the conference to
convey the greetings of His Holiness Aram I to the attendants. The
Archbishop delivered a lecture entitled “The Christian Concept of Human
Rights.”

Archbishop Sarkissian held a private meeting with Dr. Tantawi on March 22.
He conveyed the greetings of His Holiness Aram I and his viewpoints on the
vital importance of Christian-Muslim dialogue.

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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.