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
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY VISITS ANTELIAS
The Head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan
Williams, will visit Antelias next Friday. The Archbishop will first hold a
private meeting with Catholicos Aram I. The two spiritual leaders will then
be joined by representatives of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the
Anglican Church. The Armenian Pontiff will organize a luncheon in the
evening in honor of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Archbishop’s visit to Lebanon falls within a series of official visits
to a number of countries including the United States, Israel, Palestine,
Armenian, Syria, Lebanon and other countries.
Historical ties bind the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Anglican Church.
The predecessors of Archbishop Williams have visited Antelias previously.
Several of the Cilician Catholicoi have also paid official visits to the
Archbishops of Canterbury.
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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.