PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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E- mail: info@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

PATRIARCH ZAKKA IWAS I VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

The Head of the Syrian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Zakka Iwas I, arrived in
Antelias on a special visit from Damascus Tuesday evening.

The Patriarch met with Catholicos Aram I discussing issues related to
bilateral relations and cooperation between the two churches. They were
later joined by the Spiritual Leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church,
Patriarch Abune Paulos, who was on a one-day visit to Antelias.

The three spiritual leaders discussed prospects for a number of inter-church
initiatives. Welcoming his friends in Antelias, the His Holiness Aram I
stressed the need for continued contact and close cooperation between the
three churches.

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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.