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: info@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

THE ARMENIAN CHURCH PARTICIPATES IN THE MEETING OF
THE WCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE

The meeting of the World Council’s of Churches’ (WCC) Central Committee
kicked off in Geneva on February 13.

The two Holy Sees of the Armenian Apostolic Church participated in the
meeting. The Catholicosate of All Armenian delegated Archbishop Viken
Aykazian and Mrs. Pola Devedjian, while the Catholicosate of Cilicia was
represented by Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer) and Dr. Nora
Bairakdarian-Kabakian (Lecturer of Political Science at the Lebanese
University).

Following two days of sessions, the meeting started its committee work on
February 15. Bishop Nareg is the chairman of the Committee on Membership and
External Relations and Dr. Nora Bairakdarian is an active member of the
International Affairs Committee.

The Central Committee’s meeting will last till February 20 and will discuss
the activities of WCC from September 2006 until the present. Participants
will also plan the organization’s future projects.

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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.