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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: info@ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

ANNUAL MEETING OF ARMENIAN SCHOLARS AND INTELLECTUALS

On 2 December 2009, the Annual meeting of Armenian Scholars and
Intellectuals was held in Antelias. His Holiness Aram I had instituted these
meetings in order to provide a forum for the academics and writers to
discuss issues related to the Armenian community within the context of
global issues.

The agenda included covered three topics. One, the International Conference
on Cilicia held earlier in the year and the publication of its proceedings;
two, the conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the "Adana
Tragedy" and the publication of historical, legal and military documents;
third, the recent Armenia Turkey Protocol.

After the presentation of the two publications, His Holiness Aram I thanked
the Director of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for sponsoring the
publication of the papers related to the two conferences. He then spoke of
the importance of these annual meetings because they provided the
opportunity to the participants to speak out their minds on issues that
touched the Armenian community.

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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.