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]
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: nian.htm
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
VISITS ANTELIAS
Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury delegated his representative, Father
Nebil Shehade, to meet with His Holiness Aram I in Antelias on February 19.
The Catholicos and his guest discussed a number of issues with a special
focus on re-launching the theological dialogue between the Oriental Orthodox
and Anglican Churches. The two sides examined the possibilities and the
means of overcoming the difficulties facing this dialogue.
Another issue that featured in the talks concerned the Middle East Council
of Churches (MECC) and proposals for further cooperation with the
organization. As the newly elected president of the Council, the Pontiff
expressed his viewpoints on this issue having in mind the perspectives for
practical and effective results.
Finally, Archbishop Williams was interested in the Catholicos’ viewpoints
concerning the call for cooperation made by the Amman-based Royal Aal
Al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought and signed by 138 Muslim clerics and
scholars. The Archbishop was interested in the Pontiff’s opinion on the
potential for a pan-Christian response to the call for cooperation from
Islam. His Holiness shared with the Archbishop’s delegate his views about
the matter.
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited Antelias last summer and held a meeting
with the Catholicos, deepening the level of friendship between the two
spiritual leaders.
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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.