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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

CATHOLICOS ARAM I MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KHATAMI

BARCELONA – His Holiness Aram I and the former President of the Islamic
Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khatami held a private meeting in Barcelona
yesterday. They were later joined by their respective delegations. The
Catholicos and the Iranian officials discussed the situation in Lebanon, the
relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Catholicosate of
Cilicia and issues related to the Armenians of Iran.

Talks were also held on the upcoming interfaith dialogue between Iran and
the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Tehran this November. Both the former
President and the Pontiff stressed the importance of interfaith dialogue in
the current world. They were invited to the luncheon organized by the
government of Catania in honour of the high-level delegates in the
historical palace of the parliament.

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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.