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:
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I WELCOMES THE ELECTION OF A NEW REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF CYPRUS
Parliamentary elections in Cyprus on May 21 led to the election of a new
representative of the Cypriot Armenian community in the country’s
parliament.
Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian, Catholicosal Vicar to Cyprus, held a phone
conversation with the Pontiff on the evening of May 21 and informed him that
Vartkes Mahdessian has been elected as the new representative of the
Armenian community in the Cypriot parliament. The newly elected MP then
called the Catholicos himself, assuring him of his readiness to serve the
Armenian community of Cyprus.
His Holiness welcomed the election of Mahdessian, granted his pontifical
blessings and advice to the MP. Aram I stressed the importance of
strengthening the integrity and unity of the Armenian community of Cyprus,
encouraging cooperation between its structures, gathering Armenians around
the church and pursuing the interests of the community with the government.
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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
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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
