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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES
THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY
His Holiness Aram I received the former Prime Minister of Norway, Dr. Kjell
Magne Bondevik in Antelias on December 16. Dr. Bondevik was on a one-day
visit to Lebanon to meet with senior government officials and inform them of
his projects on interfaith relations.
After leaving his office as Prime Minister, Dr. Bondevik established a
non-governmental organization in Oslo with the aim of promoting interfaith
relations, human rights and peace.
Catholicos Aram I knew Dr. Bondevik and his work well from the times when he
was Moderator of the Central Committee of 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 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.