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 QUEEN OF ENGLAND RECEIVES THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE
The participants in the meeting of the Bishops of the Anglican Church were
welcomed on July 24 by Queen Elizabeth II of England in her official
residence in the Buckingham Palace in London.
Some 1500 participants and guests participated that morning in the march
organized by the Spiritual Head of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of
Canterbury Rowan Williams aimed at directing the attention of world leaders
towards poverty reduction.
Around noon the participants visited the headquarters of the Anglican
Archbishop, Lambeth Palace, where they held a meeting with the Prime
Minister of England, Gordon Brown, and had lunch with the Archbishop.
The meetings were convened regularly on July 21-26 parallel to morning and
evening services, Bible readings from the Gospel of John, and group
discussions. The latter included such topics as the Bishop and the Anglican
identity, the Bishop as a preacher of the Gospel, the Bishop as the defender
of social justice, the Bishop and the Ecumenical Movement and the Bishop and
the protection of the environment. The themes of the full sessions were:
evangelism in the 21st century and its mission, social justice and
evangelism.
The delegate of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Bishop Nareg, actively
participated in the sessions and held important meetings with various guests
representing important churches and ecumenical organizations.
During discussions on the issue of refugees in his working group, Bishop
Nareg talked about the Armenian Genocide and underlined the importance of
justice and restoring the rights of the Armenian nation. Talking about the
Middle East, Bishop Nareg stressed the need for stable peace in the region
for a continued and effective Christian existence.
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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.