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: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: nian.htm
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE
SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF ARMENIA’S NEW PRESIDENT
A delegation from the Catholicosate of Cilicia will represent His Holiness
Aram I and the Catholicosate and at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly
elected president of Armenia. The delegation consists of Primate of the
Diocese of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian and Primate of the Diocese of
Aleppo, Bishop Shahan Sarkissian.
The delegation will convey to the new President the well-wishes of His
Holiness Aram I and will reaffirm the Catholicosate of Cilicia’s support and
active participation in the strengthening of Armenia and the unity of the
Armenian nation. The delegation will be hosted by the Catholicos of All
Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, and will convey to him the brotherly
greetings of 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 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.