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:
THE PRESIDENT OF AGBU VISITS ANTELIAS
His Holiness Aram I received the president of the Armenian General
Benevolent Union (AGBU), Berdj Setragian,Esq. is his office in Antelias on
May 6. Deputy Director and member of the AGBU Central Committee, Sarkis
Demirdjian, also attended the meeting.
The two delegates of AGBU thanked His Holiness for the Encyclical he issued
on the occasion of the union’s centennial. The delegates discussed various
topics with the Pontiff, including cooperation between Armenia and the
Diaspora, issues related to the further organization of the Diaspora
communities and educational issues.
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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.