Press Release
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
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Armenian version:

THE EASTERN PRELACY OF THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATES IN THE WCC
MEETING IN NEW YORK

Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Ecumenical Officer in the Prelacy of
the United States of America, participated in the meeting of the
World Council of Churches’ (WCC) American branch held in New York on
October 26-27.

The delegates discussed the effects of the change in the WCC agenda
on the mission and witness of American Churches. They examined the
role of new advisory committees in helping to overcome the challenges
facing the development of the Ecumenical movement.

The participants highlighted the important role of the Council’s
American branch and the need to use mainstream media to make WCC an
everyday presence in the lives of American Churches.

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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.