PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Armenian version:
HIS HOLINESS RENEWS THE ASSURANCE OF FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN
THE ARMENIAN AND ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCHES
His Holiness Aram I held an official luncheon on 26 July in honor of
Patriarch Paoulos, the spiritual leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church,
who is being hosted by the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Lebanon.
The luncheon was held in the St. Asdvadzadzine Monastery in Bikfaya. It
hosted the delegation accompanying the Ethiopian Patriarch in Lebanon, the
Ambassador of Ethiopia to Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian (Primate of the
Diocese of Lebanon). MP Hagop Pakradouni, members of the inter-church
committee and well-known personalities also attended the luncheon.
The Seminary students delivered religious hymns and spiritual songs during
the luncheon, entertaining the guests.
His Holiness Aram I welcomed the visit of the Ethiopian Patriarch,
considering it a tangible expression of the honest and warm ties between the
two churches. Aram I renewed the assurance of friendly ties between the two
churches.
Patriarch Paoulos pointed out that his meetings in Lebanon and the
inauguration of the new Ethiopian Church had been carried out in a very
organized manner. He thanked His Holiness Aram I who had accepted to be the
spiritual caretaker of the Ethiopian community of Lebanon.
The Patriarch is in Lebanon for a one week official visit the main purpose
of which was the inauguration of the new Ethiopian 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.