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
CATHOLICOS ARAM I RECEIVES THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF PATRIARCH LAHHAM
The representative of Greek Catholic Patriarch His Beatitude Gregorios III
Lahham visited Catholicos Aram I in Antelias on May 16. The Primate of the
Diocese of Lebanon, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, also attended the meeting.
Bishop Michel Abbas consulted Catholicos Aram I on behalf of Patriarch
Lahham on a number of inter-church issues. The Catholicos and his guest
exchanged views on forming an inter-church committee to organize the
celebrations to be held within the context of the "The year of St. Paul"
announced by Pope Benedict XVI.
The Catholicosate of Cilicia has received an individual invitation from the
Vatican to participate in this unique event and Catholicos Aram I has
accepted the invitation in an official letter addressed to the Vatican. In
the letter the Armenian Pontiff has outlined his vision for transforming the
celebration of one of Christianity’s leading figures into an opportunity for
the renewal of faith at a pan-Christian level.
During the meeting, Bishop Michel also briefed the Pontiff about the details
of Patriarch Lahham’s recent visit to the Vatican, during which he had
discussed issues related to the peace process in the Middle East and the
internal situation in Lebanon.
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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.