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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I EXPRESSES HIS CONDOLENCES
TO THE PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA AND IRAN, AND
TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS
Upon hearing the tragic news of the crash of Caspian Airways on its flight
from Tehran to Erevan, His Holiness Aram I immediately contacted the
Prelates of the Dioceses of Tehran, Isfahan and Tabris, asking them to
convey his prayers and condolences to the families of the victims. He then
sent letters to the President of Armenia, H.E. Serge Sarkissian, and the
President of Iran, H.E. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On 16 July, His Holiness Aram I presided over a requiem service in memory of
the victims of the crash, and sent a delegation to the Embassy of Iran in
Beirut to convey his condolences to the Ambassador.
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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.