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 THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF “HOMENETMEN”
His Holiness Aram I received the chairman of the Central Committee of
“Homenetmen” Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts, Karnig
Meguerditchian, in his office in Antelias on May 18. The visit’s purpose was
to brief His Holiness on the works carried out by the committee, as well as
the upcoming pan-“Homenetmen” camping in Armenia next July.
The Pontiff praised the function carried out by the Union, considering it a
mission the aim of which is to provide Armenian education with moral and
national values to the new Armenian generations. He advised that bearing
this in mind, -“Homenetmen” should give an impetus to its efforts both in
Armenia and the Diaspora.
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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.