Antelias News 10-09-2017

Mrs. Carla Khijoyan is appointed as the Programme Executive for the Middle
East at the World Council of Churches

Mrs. Carla Khijoyan
was appointed as of 1st of September as the Programme Executive for the Middle
East at the World Council of Churches. Her main responsibilities reside in
ensuring ecumenical and interfaith relations in the Middle East, planning,
monitoring and coordinating the programmatic work of the WCC in the region, as
well as responding to the emerging challenges through specific ecumenical
initiatives. 

Mrs. Khijoyan has
been the chairperson of the Armenian Church University Students Association (ACUSA)
as well as an executive committee member of the World Student Christian
Federation representing the Middle East region. She has served on the Lebanese
ecumenical committee and the Middle East ecumenical committee for several
years. She has represented the Catholicosate of Cilicia in several youth
related ecumenical regional and global meetings. During the past eight years,
she was the coordinator of the youth programme of the World Council of
Churches.

Mrs. Khijoyan was a
teacher of French literature at M&H Arslanian College in Lebanon. She holds
a Masters in Literature and Humanities and is fluent in Arabic, French and
English.

On the 8th of
September, Mrs. Khijoyan met H.H. Aram I in Geneva and received his blessings
for her new appointment.

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