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
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

THE AMBASSADOR OF CYPRUS VISITS HIS HOLINESS ARAM I

His Holiness Aram I received the Ambassador of Cyprus in Lebanon, Kyriakos
Kouros on February 5. Accompanying the Ambassador was Dr. Jerard Dedeyan, a
Professor at the University of Sorbonne, who is researching on the Armenian
community of Cyprus in the Middle Ages.

His Holiness Aram I provided a brief historical account of the ties between
the Cilician Kingdom and the Island and of the mutual relations during the
reign of the Loucinians.

The Pontiff and his guests also discussed the developments in the Middle
East in general and the political situation in Lebanon in particular.

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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.