PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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E- mail: [email protected]
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Antelias-Lebanon
THE ARMENIAN CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA TOOK PART IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING
ON "INTERFAITH DIALOGUE" IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA ON JULY 13 TO 18 ORGANIZED BY
THE SAUDI KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL AZIZ
July 13-14 2009, the Follow-up Committee on World Conference on Dialogue
held its meeting in Vienna. This meeting of religious institutions and
important personalities was a follow-up to the meetings organized by the
Saudi King in Mecca and Madrid. His Holiness Aram I was the only Christian
Religious Leader represented. Bishop Kegham Khatcherian transmitted the
message of Catholicos Aram I to the meeting.
At the end of two-day deliberations, the declaration of the meeting urged
King Abdullah to continue the process in order to help identify values
common to all religions, cultures, and civilizations and promote justice,
tolerance and peaceful coexistence among people.
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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.