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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
A DELEGATION FROM CARITAS
VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
A delegation from the supreme committee of “Caritas” in Lebanon visited His
Holiness Aram I on March 24. The delegation included the president of the
committee father Louis Samaha, deputy chairman Riyad Salame, general
secretary Joseph Farah, treasurer Habib Hatem and the committee’s Armenian
member, Antoine Kalaidjian.
The purpose of the meeting was to establish closer contact with the Armenian
Church and the Armenian community.
The two sides spoke about implementation of projects that would serve the
Armenian community in Armenian-populated areas. His Holiness Aram I stressed
the importance of strengthening ecumenical cooperation among various
Christian institutions.
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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
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.