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

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITING IRAN

His Holiness Aram I yesterday arrived in Tehran with a delegation
representing the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. The visitation program
of His Holiness includes Christian-Muslim dialogue on ‘family today’, a
keynote speech to be delivered at a public forum on ‘Christian Education
Today’ and meetings with community and state representatives.

The Armenian community of Iran has its deep roots in the history of the
country. More than 200 thousand Armenians live in major cities of Iran such
as Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Ourmia, Shiraz. The Armenian community is
represented with 2 deputies, the only Christian deputies, in the parliament
of the country.

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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.