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 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SECRETARIES OF CHURCH FAMILIES

The annual meeting of the Secretaries of Church Families was convened in the
Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches on October 21-22.
Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Bishop Nareg Alemezian,
attended the meeting.

The meeting provides an opportunity for the heads of families of churches to
discuss together issues related to ecumenical affairs and to share
pan-Christian concerns.

The participants in the meeting included the Russian Orthodox, Roman
Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Reformist, Methodist, Protestant and
Independent families of churches.

In his speech Bishop Nareg spoke about the official theological dialogue
between the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches throughout the last year,
providing details about inter-church and inter-faith relations.

The items on the agenda of the meeting included the Christian-Muslim
dialogue and the churches’ relations with the World Council of Churches.

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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.