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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon


    ARMENIAN EDUCATION IN DIASPORA FOR THIS CENTURY


    Antelias, Lebanon - An historic Conference was held in Bikfaya Lebanon based
    on the theme "The Armenian Education in the Diaspora" 5-7 August 2004. At
    this conference, educators from the Armenian communities in the Diaspora
    came together for the first time, to discuss the meaning and purpose of
    Armenian Education in this century.

    The conference, which was initiated by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of
    Cilicia, is the first step of a planning process leading towards a Pan
    Armenian education strategy. More than one hundred educators, journalists
    and representatives of Education Boards from Armenia, Argentina, Australia,
    Venezuela, Cyprus, France, Greece, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Canada,
    Turkey and the U.S.A. attended the meeting. At the end of two intense days
    of lectures, presentations, debate, and group work, the participants feeling
    that they had gained a great deal from the Conference, but that there was a
    great deal more yet to learn, requested that His Holiness Aram I initiate
    further activities that would lead to a strategic plan and would help them
    to discover their different ways of affirming their common identity.

    The conference placed Armenian education at the forefront with Gospel values
    as its basis. Participants discussed the relationship between specific local
    cultures and Armenian Christian identity and the monoculture of
    globalization. His Holiness Aram I was impressed by the contribution of all
    participants, particularly the youth and women. The President of the Writers
    ' Association in Armenia and the President of the Educational Commission of
    Armenia's Parliament expressed their appreciation of the initiative of His
    Holiness Aram I. They stated that the conference had widened their
    perspective of Armenian Education.

    After thanking them all for their participation and contributions, His
    Holiness Aram I concluded the meeting by saying, "We are living in different
    contexts. We must, therefore, develop different educational procedures and
    strategies. We are citizens of different countries as Armenians and yet part
    of the globalized world. We have our own convictions, values and norms, but
    we are living in a new environment. Hence it is vital that we develop an
    education policy that provides integrity, relevance and coherence to our
    educational work, at the same time preserving our Christen identity. There
    is a great challenge before us and we must take it seriously and
    responsibly."

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