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
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE SEMINAR OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES

The Catholicosate of Cilicia recently participated in the seminar on
"Helping Lebanon" organized by the Presbyterian Church of the United States
in the church’s social service center in North Carolina on 25 May- 8 June.
Asdghig Djamboulian from the Armenian Church University Students’
Association (ACUSA) represented the Armenian Church.

Eight representatives from Lebanon’s Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox, Catholic
and Evangelical Churches participated in the two-week conference which shed
light on the socio-economic situation in Lebanon and the possibilities of
fulfilling its increasingly urgent needs.

The participants will continue their meetings in Lebanon and organize
local initiatives.

The director of the project "Helping Lebanon" visited Antelias on March 8
2007 and met with Bishop Nareg Alemeznian (Ecumenical Officer) with the
blessing of His Holiness Aram I.

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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 Ecumenical
activities 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.