PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Armenian version: nian.htm

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES THE MEETING
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

The Members of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of
Churches (MECC), the Executive Staff and the General Secretary Dr. Girgis
Saleh, met for a one-day meeting on 15 January 2009. The meeting was held at
the Conference Center of the Maronite Church in Harisa (Lebanon).

His Holiness Aram I opened the meeting by commenting on the situation in the
region and its challenges to the member Churches in the Middle East. He said
that neither the churches individually, nor the MECC as their collective
expression could remain indifferent to the regional crisis that has
international ramifications. Churches cannot shut their eyes to the
sufferings of innocent civilians in Gaza, and to the denial of Human Rights
to the Palestinian people. The MECC should continue representing the
collective commitment of the local churches to justice and service.

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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.