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 “WORLD PRAYER DAY”
Holy Mass and meditation for peace in the world were held on September 21 in
the Mar Georges Church in Beirut’s Nejme square on the occasion of the
“World Prayer Day”.
The event was organized by the Middle East Council of Churches in
collaboration with the Middle East department of the World Council of
Churches.
The primates of the communities of Lebanon attended the Holy Mass and
participated in the meditation. Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, Primate of the
Diocese of Lebanon, also participated in the event on behalf of His Holiness
Aram I.
The following annual event gathers all the Christian communities of Lebanon,
further strengthening ecumenical life.
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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.