PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
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Armenian version: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I’S REPRESENTATIVE HOLDS ECUMENICAL MEETINGS IN NEW YORK
The Ecumenical Officer of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Bishop Nareg
Alemezian, held a number of important ecumenical meetings in New York on
July 23.
Bishop Alemezian and Bishop Anoushavan Tanyelian (Ecumenical Officer of the
Prelacies of the United States) visited the headquarters of the Global
Church Service humanitarian organization, where they had a meeting with its
senior officials. Bishop Nareg then delivered a lecture on "The presence of
Christianity in the Middle East". He talked about the Catholicosate of
Cilicia’s role in inter-faith and inter-church relations. Representatives
from the United Nations, World Council of Churches, American Council of
Churches, Global Church Service and other local ecumenical organizations
attended the lecture.
A meeting was held the same afternoon with Rev. Fr. Leonid Kitchgovski
(Ecumenical Officer of the American Orthodox Church). Various ecumenical
issues were discussed. Archbishop Oshagan Cholyan (Primate of the Eastern
Prelacy of the United States) also attended the meeting.
Archbishop Choloyan, and Bishops Alemezian and Tanyelian later visited the
General Secretary of the "Religions for Peace" inter-faith organization, Dr.
William Vendel. They underlined the importance of peace and the protection
of human rights. His Holiness Aram I is one of the honorary presidents of
this international organization.
Responding to the questions addressed to him during the three meetings,
Bishop Alemezian provided detailed explanations of the reconciliation
recently achieved between the Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches as a
result of His Holiness Aram I’s efforts.