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
THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO LEBANON
SAID HIS HOLINESS ARAM I TO THE PRESIDENT OF LEBANON
On Monday 10 August His Holiness Aram I met with the President of Lebanon,
General Michel Suleiman at the Baabda Palace. The delegation included the
Prelate of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, the Prelate of Tehran,
Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and the President of the Central Committee of
the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Dr. Bedros Karajerjian.
During their conversation Catholicos Aram I informed the President of the
activities of the Armenian Church in Lebanon and in the dioceses around the
world. His Holiness also talked about the ecumenical and interreligious
activities of the Catholicosate regionally and internationally, and most
recently the meetings in Rome with Pope Beneditct XVIth and the G8
Interreligious Preparatory Meetings organized by the government of Italy.
His Holiness assured the President of the attachment of the Armenian Church
and the community to Lebanon, its commitment to building relations with all
communities in the country and advocating for Lebanon both regionally and
internationally.
In his turn the President shared with His Holiness issues related to the
formation of a new Government and other national and international concerns.
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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.