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: nian.htm

HIS HOLINESS CONTINUES RECEIVING GUESTS

His Holiness received a number of communal and political leaders today in
relation to the atmosphere created following the parliamentary by-elections
in the Metn area on August 5.

During a phone conversation, the Pontiff and Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros
Sfeir of the Maronites stressed the importance of strengthening unity among
the Christians.

His Holiness received in the Bikfaya Monastery the members of the Union of
Christians headed by the former president of the Kataeb Party, Elie Karame,
Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Farid El-Khazen and Dr. Hendi.

Catholicos Aram I also received MP Mosbah El-Ahdab on behalf of the deputies
of Tripoli. During both meetings discussions focused on the atmosphere
created as a consequence of the elections in Metn. All the visitors
expressed their resentment of the statement made against the Armenian
community.

His Holiness stressed that the Armenian community remains committed to
Lebanon and that inter-Christian unity is a top priority as the guarantor of
political stability in Lebanon.

The Catholicos also received phone calls from former Prime Ministers, as
well as the representatives of Prime Minister Fouad Seniora and Parliament
Speaker Nabih Berri.

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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.