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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E- mail: info@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
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Antelias-Lebanon

SPANISH JOURNALIST AND ADVOCATE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VISITS HIS HOLINESS
ARAM I

On Friday May 1 2009, His Holiness Aram I received in his office José
Antonio Gurriarán. The journalist is well informed of the Armenian history.
He has visited Armenia and Karabagh, and currently visiting the
Catholicosate of Cilicia. He is also the author of two books in Spanish on
Armenians, La Bomba and Armenios: El Genocidio Olvidado.

The conversation between Catholicos Aram I and the journalist centered on
the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the entry of Turkey into the
European Union. His Holiness told them that the Church has a role in
ensuring respect for Human Rights. Therefore, the main concern of the church
is the restoration of the rights of its people through Turkey’s recognition
of the Armenian Genocide. At the end of the meeting, Mr Gurriarán visited
the Memorial of the Martyrs of the Genocide.
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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.