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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
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Armenian version: nian.htm

CATHOLICOS ARAM I VISITS YEREVAN, MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SARKSSIAN
AND THE CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS

His Holiness Aram I departed to Yerevan on a special plane on the early
morning of April 21. The Catholicos met with the Catholicos of All
Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, in Saint Etchmiyadzine. The two
Catholicoi then visited newly elected President Serge Sarkssian, whom they
met for over an hour.

Catholicos Aram I was accompanied by Yervant Pamboukian from the Central
National Committee, Committee chairman of the Diocese of Aleppo Daron
Avedissian, benefactors Harout and Souren Vartanian brothers. In Yerevan,
the Pontiff’s delegation was joined by Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian (Primate
of the Diocese of Tehran), Bishop Papken Tcharian (Primate of the Diocese of
Isfahan), Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian (Pontifical Vicar to the Eastern
Prelacy of the United States), who are currently in Etchmiyadzine for
meetings.

After their meeting with the President, the two Catholicoi visited the
Armenian Genocide Memorial of Dzidzernagapert and placed a wrath in the
memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide on the eve of the Martyrs’
day, 24th of April. The Pontiffs also presided over a Requiem service in the
memory of the victims. Later they visited the Genocide museum adjacent to
the memorial.

President Serge Sarkssian hosted a luncheon in honour of the two Catholicoi.
Attending the luncheon were former president Robert Kocharian, Palriament
Speaker Tigran Torossian and Prime Minister Tigran Sarkssian.

His Holiness returned to Antelias in the afternoon.

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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.