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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Armenian version:

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I LECTURES

AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

His Holiness Aram I delivered, on December 5, the keynote address at an
international conference organized jointly by the Notre Dame and Indiana
State Universities in the United States. The conference entitled "Faith and
Health", brought together renowned medical doctors, academics, psychologists
and sociologists.

The president of the university commended the Armenian Pontiff by
highlighting his role in the Christian church and particularly his
outstanding contribution to the ecumenical movement. He presented His
Holiness Aram I as an international figure with an important place in
academic circles through his several theological publications on theological
issues.

During his speech "An Ecclesiological and Missiological Approach to Healing"
, the Catholicos approached the theme of the conference from a theological
viewpoint, analyzing many important and contemporary questions in the field.
The lecture was followed by a question and answer period. The attendants
expressed great satisfaction at the spiritual leader’s arguments and
explanations.

The Prelates of Eastern and Western prelacies, Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
and Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian also attended the conference in
addition to the chairman of the Executive Council of the Eastern Prelacy and
faithful Armenians from nearby cities.

The president of Notre Dame University had visited His Holiness Aram I for a
private meeting before the conference. Notre Dame is one of the most
important universities in the United States with 20,000 students.

The administration of Indiana State University also had a meeting with the
Catholicos.

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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.