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Catholicosate of Cilicia
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THE SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ARMENIA VISITS ANTELIAS
On Tuesday 13 April 2010, the speaker of the Parliament Mr. Hovig Abrahamian
visited Antelias. In the absence of His Holiness Aram I, H.E. Arch bishop
Komitas Ohanian, H.G. Bishop Norayr Ashekian, Very Rev. Krikor Chiftjian,
Fr. Sahag Yemishian and Fr. Ghevont Pentezian welcomed the guest.
After placing a wreath at the Memorial Chapel of the martyrs of the
genocide, Mr. Hovig Abrahamian met with the representatives of His Holiness
Aram I, who introduced to him the Catholocosate, its activities and its role
in the Diaspora. At the end of the visit, H.E. Archbishop Komitas thanked
the Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia for his visit and told him that his
presence at the Holy See of Cilicia was a sign of strengthening
Armenia-Diaspora cooperation.
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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.