PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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E-mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

FIRST MEETING OF NEW WCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE

The first meeting of the new WCC Central Committee opened on Wednesday 30
August in Geneva. The Armenian Church is participating in this meeting with
two delegations: Bishop Vicken Aikazian and Paula Devedjian on behalf of the
Catholicosate of All Armenians, and Bishop Nareg Alemezian and Dr. Nora
Bairakdarian representing the Catholicosate of Cilicia.

The new Central Committee was elected last February by the 9th Assembly of
the WCC in Porto Alegre, Brazil. His Holiness Aram I has been the moderator
of the WCC Central and Executive committees for an unprecedented two terms
from 1991 through 2006.

This meeting, 30 August – 6 September, will mainly concentrate on outlining
the WCC’s projects for the coming seven years.

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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.