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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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ECUMENICAL VESPERS IN ST. PAUL BASILICA

On Nov 24 2008 His Holiness Aram I presided over an ecumenical vespers
service in St. Paul Basilica outside the walls. His Eminence Cardinal Walter
Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for promoting Christian Unity,
greeted His Holiness as a great ecumenical figure.

In his homily His Holiness referred to the fact that we are at the eve of
the year of St. Paul the Apostle. Highlighting the role of St. Paul in
spreading out Christianity, he identified the Apostle as a church founder, a
missionary, a theologian and a Christian witness.

Referring to the Church as a missionary reality, His Holiness underscored
that the visible unity of the Church is the gift of God and all the
Christians should cherish their God-given mission of making Christianity a
living faith of our societies.

In the evening Cardinal Kasper hosted a dinner in honor of His Holiness.

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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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress