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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES JASON T. KENNEY
Queen’s Privy Council for Canada (QPC), Member of Parliament current
Minister of Citizenship,
Immigration and Multiculturalism of Canada
On Friday 15 May 2009 in the evening, immediately after his arrival in
Beirut, His Excellency Jason T. Kenney visited His Holiness Aram I. The
Director of the Minister’s office and the Ambassador of Canada to Lebanon
accompanied the guest. The meeting lasted over an hour and conversations
focused on the situation in Lebanon, particularly that of the Armenian
community and Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East. The Catholicos
and the visitors also discussed the state of affairs of Armenians in Canada.
After clarifying certain aspects of the issues under discussion, His
Holiness Aram I spoke of the Armenian Genocide and its recognition.
At the end of the visit, the Minister informed His Holiness that after
Lebanon he would be traveling to Syria and Egypt.
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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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
