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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES OVER THE MEETING
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CATHOLICOSATE
3-5 June 2009, the Central Committee of the National Council of the Armenian
Orthodox Church Catholicosate of Cilicia met in Antelias (Lebanon). The
Central Committee meets in the absence of the National Council and it
consists of the Prelates and lay Representatives of all Dioceses. The
Central Committee works under the Leadership of His Holiness Aram I. Its
function is to receive activity reports from dioceses all over the world,
oversee and endorse new programme plans and budget.
His Holiness Aram I opened the meeting and welcomed the members of the
Central Committee. In his opening speech he said that the Central Committee,
consisting of clergy and laity, had the important task of identifying issues
specific to each diocese based on its geographic, cultural and religious
context, and proposing a comprehensive response that would renew and
invigorate Christian life in all dioceses of the Catholicosate.
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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.