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: info@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN
THE WCC SEARCH COMMITTEE MEETING

The Search Committee tasked with finding a General Secretary for the World
Council of Churches (WCC) convened in the German city of Hofgeismar on July
9-11. Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer) represented the
Catholicosate of Cilicia at the meeting.

The participants in the meeting listened to the concerns expressed by WCC
member churches and ecumenical organizations, the assessment reports of WCC
presidents and reports prepared by members of the committee on their
meetings with WCC officials. The participants then drafted the job
description of the new general secretary, the application for the position
and the report to be presented to the September 2008 meeting of the WCC
Executive Council.

The new General Secretary of WCC will assume the post on January 1, 2010.

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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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress