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 RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS IN LATAKIA

On Friday 16 October 2009, His Holiness Aram I and his delegation met with
Religious Leaders and Political Figures of the region at the main hall of
St. Mary’s Church. They discussed relations among Christian communities in
the region and the importance of Christian-Muslim dialogue. After thanking
the guests for their warm reception, Catholicos Aram I said that after the
genocide, Armenians had found a home in Syria, where they had not only built
their lives but had also contributed to nation-building in Syria.

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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 dioceses 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.