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CHURCHES IN INDIA EXEMPLIFY ECUMENISM IN THE XXIst CENTURY
Stated His Holiness Aram I Before Leaving India

During his five-day visit Catholicos Aram I met on several occasions with
His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Didymus I, Catholicos of the East and
Malankara, of the Indian Orthodox Church, and the members of the Holy Synod
of the first Christian Church on the sub-continent. He also met with the
representatives of the Syrian Orthodox Catholicos, Archbishops and Heads of
the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Protestant Churches, Ecumenical
representatives, former WCC staff and government officials.

He addressed the Synod of the Indian Orthodox Church, clergy, theologians
and seminarians of Christian churches on contemporary ecumenical issues such
as: Ecumenism in the XXIst Century, Christian Unity, Fellowship Building,
and Interreligious Living. He also spoke of The Armenian Church and the
Ecumenical Movement, reminding the audience of the long history of the
presence of Armenians on the Asian Continent and its ecumenical relations.

He visited churches and monuments built by St. Thomas, prayed with the
Orthodox believers and shared their spirituality and piety.

Upon his departure from India he described the Indian Orthodox Church with
its leadership and people as an example of what it meant to be the church in
multireligious society of India . His Holiness then commanded local
ecumenism. He said that observing the way churches are living and working
together teaches us about local ecumenism; and finally, he continued, being
minorities in a largely Hindu society, and relating with other faiths, shows
how dialogue and enculturation take shape.

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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.