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Catholicosate of Cilicia
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THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE WCC INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
ON CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE IN TEHRAN

The Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation Programme of the World Council
of Churches (WCC) and the interfaith dialogue center of the Iranian
Organization of Culture and International Affairs, organized a
Christian-Muslim international conference in Tehran during December 13-14.

Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian (Primate of the Diocese of Tehran) headed the
delegation of the World Council of Churches.

The focus of the conference was coexistence between different religions.
Archbishop Sarkissian delivered a paper on this occasion, entitled the
"Armenians in Iran: an exemplary case of Christian-Muslim coexistence."

On the same day he also took part in another international conference on the
theme "City and dialogue".

The dialogue between WCC and the religious dialogue Department of the
Islamic Republic of Iran started upon the initiative of His Holiness Aram I
nearly ten years ago. The two bodies meet annually in Geneva or Tehran. In
this context the former President of Iran, Mohammed Khatami, visited the
Geneva headquarters of WCC four years ago and spoke to the staff and
ecumenical guests on inter-religious relations between Christianity and
Islam.

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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.