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 PRESIDENT OF AGBU VISITS ANTELIAS
His Holiness Aram I received the President of the Armenian General
Benevolent Union (AGBU) Berdj Setragian in Antelias on January 31. Hagop
Ateshian, a member of the Armenian Central National Committee also attended
the meeting.
The Catholicos and Mr. Setrakian, who had recently returned from a meeting
with His Holiness Karekin II of All Armenians in Saint Etchmiyadzine, held
talks for over an hour on a number of issues related to the relations
between Armenia and the Diaspora, as well as inter-communal relations within
the Diaspora.
Talks were also held on the prospects for developing the cooperation between
the Catholicosate of Cilicia and AGBU.
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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.