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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE PRESIDENT OF AGBU
His Holiness Aram I received the President of the Armenian General
Benevolent Union (AGBU), Berdj Setrakian, in Bikfaya on August 10. Hagop
Ateshian, a member of the Central Committee of the Catholicosate, also
attended the meeting.
His Holiness and his guest discussed issues of interest to the Armenian
nation worldwide, as well as projects underway both in Armenia and the
Diaspora under the auspices of AGBU.
The Pontiff praised the AGBU’s efforts particularly in the educational and
cultural fields. His Holiness also reminded Mr. Setrakian that AGBU, as an
organization of Pan-Armenian character, must also support the projects of
the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia.
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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.