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: cathcil@cathcil.org
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNION OF THE
ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN THE NEAR EAST
A delegation representing the Central Committee of the Union of the
Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East visited His Holiness Aram I
in Antelias on May 15. The delegation was headed by Reverend Meguerditch
Karagoezian, President of the Union and included Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian,
chairman of the Central Committee and President of Haigazian University.
Others who formed part of the delegation were members of the Central
Committee, reverends, pastors, and representatives from the Armenian
Evangelical community meeting in Lebanon.
Discussions on ecumenical committees, pan-Christian, inter-faith and
communal issues developed in a warm and friendly atmosphere. His Holiness
and his guests also talked about the strengthening of unity in the Armenian
community of Lebanon.
Rev. Karageozian and Rev. Dr. Haidostian talked about the activities of
the Evangelical Church mentioning particularly those areas where the Church
tries to fulfill the spiritual, moral and educational needs of its followers
within its capacity.
His Holiness highlighted the warm ties between the Armenian Church and the
Armenian Evangelical Community and the spirit of cooperation that has
manifested itself in the life of the Armenian community at large. "In the
end, we are members of the same nation, we have the same past, we have
inherited the same history, we have been victims of the same destiny and
together we fight for our national survival," he said.
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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.