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
DR. ZAVEN YEGAVIAN OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION
VISITS HIS HOLINESS
The Director of the Department of Armenian Affairs of the Lisbon-based
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Dr. Zaven Yegavian arrived in Antelias on
April 17 following an invitation from His Holiness Aram I.
Dr. Yegavian will stay in the Catholicosate of Cilicia as a guest for a
period of one week and will hold meetings with the Armenian Pontiff on
further deepening the cooperation between the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Dr. Yegavian will attend the ordination and consecration of Bishops in
Antelias on April 20. He will also hold meetings with leading members of the
Lebanese-Armenian community’s educational circles.
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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.