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]
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Antelias-Lebanon
"WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF RELIGIONS, POLITICAL,
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL APPROACHES WILL NOT RESOLVE THE CURRENT CRISIS"
States Aram I to President Giorgio Napolitano of Italy
His Holiness Aram I arrived in Rome on Tuesday 16 June and was met at the
airport by his hosts, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the Ambassador of Lebanon to Italy. Around one hundred religious leaders
or their representatives were invited to attend the G8 Preparatory Meeting.
Before the official opening, the participants paid a courtesy visit to the
President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano. His Holiness Aram I greeted
the President on behalf of the participants and said that without involving
religions, political, economic and social approaches will not solve the
current economic crisis. In his response, the President described the
forthcoming G8 meeting as crucial for the future of the world.
The G8 Preparatory Meeting of Religious Leaders was held at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in Rome. Speaking as a Christian religious leader to the
Opening Plenary, His Holiness welcomed this initiative and urged all
religions to work together in overcoming the current economic crisis and its
repercussions on people and the environment. After his address,
representatives of Islam, Judaism and Buddhism took the floor.
At the end of the meeting, the participants will issue a statement
addressing the government ministers of the G8 Summit.
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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.