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: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE
FUNERAL OF HRANT DINK

His Holiness Aram I has delegated the Dean of the Seminary
V. Rev. Fr. Shahe Panossian to present the Armenian Catholicosate
of Cilicia at the funeral of Hrant Dink. Yesterday, His Holiness
presided over the requiem service for the soul of Hrant Dink at the
Antelias Cathedral.

Catholicos Aram I had a telephone conversation with His Beatitude
Mesrob II Moutafian, the Patriarch of Constantinople. He strongly
condemned the assassination of Hrant Dink and expressed his condolences
to His Beatitude, to the Dink family and Armenian community of Turkey.

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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.