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

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS HIS BEATITUDE IGNATIUS JOSEPH III YOUNAN
THE NEWLY CONSECRATED PATRIARCH OF THE SYRIAC CATHOLIC CHURCH

His Holiness Aram I accompanied with Bishops of the Brotherhood visited His
Beatitude Ignatius Joseph III to congratulate him on his election as
Patriarch to lead and serve his people.

During the visit, the two Heads spoke of the relationship between the two
churches while the new Patriarch served his church in Syria and the United
States of America as a Bishop. The two leaders also recalled the
relationships between the Syriac Catholic Church and the Armenian Orthodox
Church during the Armenian Kingdom (now Turkey), since the 11th century.

Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III asked Catholicos Aram I about his visit to the
Vatican in November 2008, and its follow-up.

At the end of the visit, His Holiness Aram I expressed the hope that the
ancient bonds of relationship between the two churches would be strengthened
under the leadership of Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III, and would find new
expressions in their common ecumenical task regarding Christian presence in
the Middle East.

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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.