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 THROWS A DINNER PARTY IN HONOR OF THE PARTICIPANTS
IN THE ARMENIA-DIASPORA CONFERENCE
A group of intellectuals and political leaders, who were invited to
Lebanon by His Holiness Aram I to participate in the three-day long
Armenia-Diaspora cooperation conference, visited several organizations
and sites during their stay in the country.
They visited the Armenian prelacy and met with Primate Bishop Kegham
Khatcherian. They also visited Haigazian University, the Embassy
of Armenia in Lebanon, the “Birds’ Nest” orphanage and the Azounieh
National Sanatorium.
The participants in the conference also visited historical and natural
sites in Lebanon, getting more acquainted with the country’s history.
His Holiness Aram I organized a dinner party in Bikfaya in their
honor on August 17. Members of the Cilician Brotherhood, Bishop Kegham
Khtahcerian and the Ambassador of Armenia to Lebanon were also invited
to the event.
His Holiness once again emphasized the importance of mutual trust and
dialogue for the establishment of cooperation between the two sides.
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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.