Press Release
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father 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 DELEGATE OF HIS HOLINESS ARAM I CONGRATULATES REVEREND
DR. SEHYOUNI’S RE-ELECTION
Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia, conveyed His Holiness Aram I’s congratulations to Reverend
Dr. Selim Sehyouni for his re-election as president of the Supreme
Council of Evangelical Churches in Syria and Lebanon during a special
visit to the Council’s headquarters in Rabiyeh on October 19.
Reverend Sehyouni spoke with high regard of his long-standing
friendship with the His Holiness Aram I and praised the role of the
Armenian Church in Lebanon’s internal life.
The Reverend and his guest talked about a various range of issues
including the socio-economic situation in Lebanon following the
recent Israeli aggression, the imperative of religious education,
the importance of cooperation between theological institutes and the
increasing weight of Christian witness in the Middle East.
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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.