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  • ANTELIAS: Participation of Catholicosate in the WCC meeting

    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: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Arme nian.htm

    THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
    AND CHURCH FAMILIES MEETING

    Ecumenical Affairs Officer of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Bishop Nareg
    Alemezian, chaired the second meeting of the Consultative Committee of the
    World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Secretaries of Church Families
    convened on May 13-15 in Geneva.

    Representatives from the Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican,
    Lutheran, Reformed, Methodist and Churches and other families from the
    Protestant Church participated in the meeting.

    In his opening remarks Bishop Nareg emphasized the uniqueness of the
    gathering as a meeting place for regional and international ecumenical
    relations. He stressed the need for cooperation and united approaches
    towards issues of concern to all churches.

    The following items were discussed during the meeting: The Ecumenical
    Movement in the 21st century, inter-faith relations and Christian-Muslim
    Dialogue, Theological dialogues, inter-church conferences in 2010 and 2015,
    the participation of families of churches in WCC projects.

    The participants decided to hold the committee's next meeting in Geneva in
    2009.

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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, http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.
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