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Catholicosate of Cilicia
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BISHOP NAREG INVITED TO LECTURE ON THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA TO
THE ECUMENICAL COMMUNITY IN SALZBURG

Upon the invitation of the Catholic University in Salzburg, Bishop Nareg
Alemezian, the Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate visited Salzburg
19-21 May 2009. The programme began with a formal visit to the Archdiocese
where he met with Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. The Archbishop had
been in Lebanon during the civil war as the President of Salzburg’s CARITAS
Catholic organization, and was interested in the role of the Armenian
Catholicosate in the Lebanese context and in Christian-Muslim relations. He
was also interested in knowing more on Christian presence and witness in the
Middle East. At the end of the meeting, in the name of His Holiness Aram I
Bishop Nareg invited the Archbishop to visit Lebanon.

After this formal visit Bishop Nareg lectured at the Catholic University and
at the Foundation Pro Oriente. At the University he spoke of "The Armenian
Orthodox Church Today," and at Pro Oriente he spoke of "The Participation of
the Armenian Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Movement". Both presentations
were followed by discussions.

The programme to Salzburg ended with a visit to Austria’s oldest
monasteries, a Benedictinine Abbey and Nunnery.

On Ascension Sunday Bishop Nareg attended the Mass at the Salzburg Cathedral
where Archbishop Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B. welcomed him formally and asked
him to convey his greeting to His Holiness Aram I.

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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.