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

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PATRIARCH ZAKKA I IWAS

On Thursday 30 April 2009, Metropolitan George Saliba of Mount Lebanon,
visited Antelias on behalf of Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas I, and met with
His Holiness Aram I. Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, deputy to Armenian
Orthodox Patriarch Torkom Manougian of Jerusalem, Bishop Nareg Alemezian,
Director of Ecumenical Relations of the Catholicosate and Dr. Gerges Saleh,
Geberal Secretary of the MECC also attended the meeting. Discussion focused
on various ecumenical issues pertaining to bilateral relations between the
Armenian and Syrian orthodox churches, the Middle East Council of Churches,
as well as issues related to Armenian-Syrian church relations in Jerusalem.

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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.