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:

GABRIEL CHEMBERDJIAN TO BE AWARDED
THE "CILICIAN PRINCE" MEDAL

His Holiness Aram I will award the "Cilician Prince" medal to Mr. And
Mrs. Gabriel Chemberdjian from the Armenian community of Aleppo during a
special event in the hall of the Veharan after the holy Mass next Sunday.

Upon the request of His Holiness, Mr. Chembedrjian has made several
important donations during the last few years towards the development of
educational, cultural and humanitarian fields in Lebanon, Syria and Armenia.
He has dedicated half a million dollars for the renovation of the Veharan in
Antelias and its adjacent parts.

Mr. Chemberdjian has recently embarked on a personal initiative, with the
blessings of the Pontiff, to build a hospital for the local population of
Der-Zor as an expression of gratitude for the love and support shown by the
Arab people to the survivors of the Armenian Genocide.

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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.