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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Armenian version: nian.htm

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS THE ARMENIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS

His Holiness Aram I paid an official visit to the Armenian Embassy in
Damascus at the end of his two-day trip to Syria.

The Pontiff was welcomed at the entrance of the Embassy by Ambassador Dr.
Arshad Poladian and his assistants. The Ambassador expressed his
satisfaction for the Catholicos’ visit to Syria, assuring that it has been a
positive venture both for the Armenian community of Syria and the Republic
of Armenia. His Holiness reaffirmed the Catholicosate of Cilicia’s support
for Armenia and the efforts for its strengthening. He praised the diplomatic
activities of the Embassy stressing the importance of strengthening the
political, economic and cultural ties between Armenia and the Arab World.
His Holiness briefed the Ambassador on the particularities of his meeting
with the President of the Syrian Republic, Dr. Bashar Assad.

His Holiness was accompanied by the Primate of the Diocese of Aleppo Bishop
Shahan Sarkissian, The Chairman of the Lay Council in the Diocese Mr. Daron
Avedissian, the representative of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Damascus
Mr. Mesrob Shiranian, benefactor Gabriel Chemberdjian and Mr. Noubar
Melikian from Damascus.

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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.