PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
CONGRATULATORY VISITS TO ANTELIAS ON THE OCCASION OF EASTER
Following the Holy Mass in Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in
Antelias on Easter Sunday, on April 8, His Holiness Aram I received
congratulatory visits from diplomats, government, political, religious and
charity officials in the Veharan (residence of the Catholicos).
The Armenian Pontiff also received phone calls from Lebanese government
officials, the President of the Republic of Lebanon, His Excellency General
Emile Lahoud, the Speaker of Parliament, Nebih Berri, several ministers and
members of parliament, congratulating him on the occasion of Easter. He also
received congratulatory calls and personal visits from the heads of several
Lebanese communities.
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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
the 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.