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
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I EXPRESSES HIS CONDOLENCES TO PRESIDENT ROBERT
KOTCHARIAN AND THE CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS KAREKIN II

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia expressed his deep
condolences in letters sent to the president of Armenia Robert
Kotcharian and the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II
after an airplane belonging to the Armenian Armavia Airlines crashed
into the Black Sea in the early morning hours of May 3, killing about
113 passengers and crew members.

“On this sad occasion we share your, our motherland’s and our
nation’s pain.

We ask God to grant heavenly rest to the innocent victims of the
crash and to console their relatives with the Holy Spirit,” the
Pontiff wrote.

The Catholicos also informed that requiem services will be held this
Sunday in memory of the victims of the crash in the Mother Cathedral
of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Antelias and in all the Dioceses
of the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

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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.