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

LEBANESE POLITICAL LEADERS GREET
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I ON THE OCCASION OF ARMENIAN CHRISTMAS

Former President Amin Gemayel visited His Holiness Aram I to convey his good
wishes for Christmas. The visit provided the opportunity for them to assess
the situation in the Middle East and Lebanon.

Earlier, the President of the Republic, His Excellency Michel Sleiman, and
the Prime Minister, Fouad Seniora, called His Holiness to convey their
Christmas wishes. The House speaker, Mr. Nabih Berri, also sent his
greetings through his representative, MP Hagop Pakradouni, who attended the
Christmas liturgy on Tuesday.

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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.