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

THE ARMENIAN CHURCH PARTICIPATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON DIALOGUE
OF CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS
03/15/2007

The international seminar ‘Dialogue of cultures and civilizations: the
bridge between human rights and moral values’ convened in Paris, March
13-15.

The seminar was organized by the World Public Forum ‘Dialogue of
Civilizations’, under the patronage of UNESCO. There were over 250
representatives of international NGOs, scientists, experts, religious
leaders from 25 countries.

The Armenian Church took an active part in this conference. The
Catholicosate of All Armenians, Echmiadzine, Armenia, was represented by
Rev. Fr. Vazken Nanian, Dean of the Spiritual Djemaran at St. Etchmiadzine.
The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon, was
represented by Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Primate of the Diocese of
Tehran, and Ms. Teny-Piri Simonian, a senior staff of the World Council of
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.