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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS THE MUFTI
OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

On Thursday 16 April His Hoiness Aram I met Sheikh Hassoun Halabi in Aleppo.
The Prelate Bishop Shahan Sarkissian and the Moderator of the Church Council
Mr. Daron Avedissian accompanied His Holiness.

Catholicos Aram I is currently in Aleppo on the occasion of the forthcoming
youth pilgrimage to Deir Zor (Syria), the place of the Genocide where most
of the one and a half million Armenians lost their lives.

His Excellency the Mufti and His Holiness Aram I have known one another for
many years. The two Religious Leaders assessed the current status of
Christian-Muslim dialogue both locally and regionally, and expressed the
hope that these will have their impact on other levels.

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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.