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: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I HAS LUNCH WITH PATRIARCH SFEIR
His Holiness Aram I held a long meeting with Patriarch Sfeir of the Maronite
Church in Bekerke on July 3. The Lebanese Minister of Culture Dr. Tarek
Metri and the chairman of the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee Fares
Shehab also attended the first part of the meeting between the two Spiritual
Leaders. The Armenian Catholicos and the Maronite Patriarch then held a
private meeting.
The focus of both meetings was bringing Lebanon out of its current
stalemate. Several issues were discussed in this context, including the
election of a new president, the formation of a new government and the
resumption of national dialogue.
The Pontiff then had lunch with Patriarch Sfeir.
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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 .