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:
THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES
IN THE WCC ECUMENICAL OFFICERS’ MEETING
The meeting of the Ecumenical Officers of the World Council of Churches was
held in council’s headquarters in Geneva on 23-25 February. Bishop Nareg
Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate of Cilicia participated
in the meeting and was elected as a member of the meeting’s executive
committee.
Rev. Hovagim Manougian represented the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzine during
the meeting.
Around 50 religious and secular representatives from various churches the
Middle East, Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa and Asia
participated in the meeting. The participants discussed issues concerning
Ecumenical movement on local, regional and international levels.
Bishop Nareg Alemezian spoke during the meeting about the urgent situation
prevailing currently in the Middle East and specially Lebanon, and the
exemplary role of the Armenian Church.
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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.