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: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS RECEIVES THE AMBASSADOR OF NORWAY
His Holiness Aram I received the Ambassador of Norway to Lebanon Ms Aud Lise
Norheim in Antelias on December 17. The Pontiff and his guest held talks on
the political situations in the Middle East and Lebanon.
Catholicos Aram I spoke about the ties between the Armenian and the
Norwegian churches, particularly within the ecumenical movement and his
personal relations with the Head of the Norwegian Church. On this occasion
the Catholicos had also delivered a lecture in Oslo.
The Catholicos and the diplomat also discussed the Armenian Genocide and the
great service of Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen to the Armenian nation.
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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.