Press Release
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Armenian version:

&quo t;CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE GENERATES EVIL"
Said HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

"Most of the crises facing the human societies today are due to lack of
confidence. The local, regional and international crisis which surrounds us
may have different forms and expressions; they may be depicted in different
ways; but they all point to one problem: crisis of confidence", said His
Holiness Aram I to the press.

For Catholicos Aram I "mutual agreement is not a prerequisite condition for
confidence-building". Confidence-building is based on "mutual respect,
accepting the other and considering diversity integral to, and indispensable
for human life".

His Holiness warned that lack of confidence "may generate more tension and
violence, if it is not addressed seriously", and urged leaders and nations
"to engage in confidence-building process through frank dialogue as an
efficient way leading to peaceful coexistence and reconciliation". Aram I
stressed the particular role of religion in confidence-building.

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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.