PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I LEAVES FOR DAMASCUS
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, left for
Damascus on April 19 to attend the meeting between the spiritual Heads of
the Oriental Orthodox Churches, which have their headquarters in the Middle
East – the Alexandria Patriarchate of the Coptic Church, the Antioch
Patriarchate of the Syrian Church and the Armenian Church (Catholicosate of
Cilicia).
Alongside His Holiness Aram I, Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian (Primate of
the Diocese of Tehran), Bishop Kegham Khatcherian (Primate of the Diocese of
Lebanon) and Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer of the
Catholicosate) participated in this meeting.
Prior to the meeting of the three spiritual Heads a meeting of the
Standing committee assigned by them was held in Antelias. The committee
continued to convene in Damascus.
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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.