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
BISHOP NAREG CONVEYS THE GREETINGS OF HIS HOLINESS ARAM I
TO PRESIDENT DR. BASHAR AL-ASAD
The representative of His Holiness Aram I, Bishop Nareg Alemezian
(Ecumenical Officer), joined the delegation of the World Council of Churches
(WCC) that recently visited Damascus led WCC General Secretary Dr. Sam
Kobia.
The purpose of the delegation’s visit was to hold ecumenical and
governmental meetings and meet with Iraqi refugees who have fled to Syria.
On April 21, the delegation paid a visit to the President of Syria, His
Excellency Dr. Bashar al-Asad. Bishop Nareg conveyed to the President the
greetings of His Holiness Aram I. He reminded the attendants that Syria
became the first haven for the survivors of the Armenian Genocide who were
warmly welcomed by both the Muslim and Christian Arabs of the country.
President Asad praised the Armenians of Syria and their contribution to the
country’s social, religious and economic spheres of life.
The delegation also met with the Patriarch of Orthodox Greeks His Holiness
Iknadyos IV, The Mufti of Syria Dr. Ahmad Hasoun, the Patriarch of Catholic
Greeks His Holiness Gregorios III, the managers of the Sheikh Kaftaro
Islamic Center, religious officials from the Oumayyad Mosque, the pastors of
the Evangelical Church of Damascus, Iraqi refugees and Assyrian Orthodox
Patriarch Zakka Iwas I in the order mentioned.
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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.