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:
HIS HOLINESS RECEIVES A DELEGATION
FROM THE ARMY COMMAND
The commander of the Lebanese Army, General Michel Souleiman, sent a
delegation of four senior military officials headed by Gen. Panoss Mandjian
to meet with His Holiness Aram I in Antelias on April 12.
Several important issues in which the Lebanese army has an important role
to play were discussed during the meeting. The Armenian Catholicos praised
the patriotic service of the army particularly in a period of sensitive
political developments. He reaffirmed the support of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia and the Armenian community of Lebanon for the Lebanese army, the
country’s sovereignty and independence.
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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.