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 RECEIVES AN INVITATION TO ATTEND
AN INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW
The Russian Orthodox Church has organized an inter-faith conference in
Moscow on July 3-5. The conference will look into issues related to
inter-faith dialogue and cooperation and problems the current world
faces in general. The purpose of the conference is to also issue a
statement about the several difficulties humanity faces today prior
to the G8 summit planned in Moscow.
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Alexi
II has personally invited the Armenian Catholicos of the Holy See
of Cilicia to participate in the conference. His Holiness Aram I
delegated Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian (Primate of the Diocese of
Tehran) and Bishop Nareg Alemezian (Ecumenical Officer) to represent
the Catholicosate of Cilicia and himself at the conference.
The Pontiff also sent a message to the conference.
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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.