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
CONSULTATION ON INTERFAITH ISSUES IN ANTELIAS
During October 14-15 2009, His Holiness Aram I held a meeting at the
Catholicosate in Antelias to discuss ways for strengthening the contribution
of women in interfaith dialogue internationally and regionally. For this
occasion he had invited Mr. Mohammad Sammak, Advisor to the Grand Mufti of
Lebanon, Secretary General of the Lebanese Committee of Christian-Muslim
Dialogue, Secretary General of the Executive Arab Group for Christian-Muslim
Dialogue, and Member of the King Abdul Aziz Centre for National Dialogue,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He had also invited Mrs. Teny Pirri-Simonian, Vice-
President of the Ecumenical Relations Committee of the Catholicosate of
Cilicia, Director of the European Project for Interreligious Learning, and
member NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns at the
United Nations Geneva.
The current meeting was a follow-up to the symposium held in Antelias in
February 2009, under the auspices of His Holiness Aram I. The symposium was
organized by the European Project for Interreligious Learning, headquarters
in Switzerland. The recent meeting identified ways through which women’s
vision and experiences in dialogue could be heard and given visibility.
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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.