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
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEETS IN ANTELIAS
Following the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council
of Churches (MECC) on 15 January, the members of the Standing Committee of
the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle East, met in the evening at the
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias (Lebanon).
H.E. Metropolitan Bishoy and H.G. Bishop Mark represented the Coptic
Orthodox Church, and H.E. Metropolitan George Saliba and H.G. Bishop Daniel
represented the Syrian Orthodox Church. His Grace Bishop Nareg represented
the Armenian Orthodox Church. The General Secretary of MECC also attended
the meeting.
In the first part of the agenda they discussed the relationships of the
Oriental Orthodox Churches in the region with the MECC and the World Council
of Churches, and the status of theological bilateral dialogues. In this
context they discussed the implications of the visit of His Holiness Aram I
to the Vatican on the life of the churches in the Middle East. In the second
part, they discussed two forthcoming meetings. One, the Oriental Orthodox
and Roman Catholic theological dialogue to be held in the end of January,
and two, the meeting in May 2009 of the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox
Churches in the Middle East, H.H. Pope Shenouda III, H.H. Patriarch Zakka I
Iwas, and H.H. Catholicos Aram I.
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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.