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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



    L.L. 50 MILLION IS DONATED TO THE ARMENIAN LEBANESE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    BY "KHATCHIG BABIKIAN FOUNDATION"


    ANTELIAS, LEBANON - Established in 2001, right before the death of Khatchig
    Babikian, the former member of Lebanese Parliament and the chairman of the
    executive council of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, the "Khatchig
    Babikian Foundation" will donate 50 Milion Lebanese pounds for the Armenian
    community schools in Lebanon for the current academic year.

    The president of the foundation is His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. Its
    executive committee includes Mr. Andre Tabourian, Mr. Vosgeperan
    Arzoumanian, Mr. Yervant Pamboukian, and the three daughters of the late Mr.
    Babikian, namely Rane Marie Babikian-Kiwan, Tina Babikian-Assaf and Carole
    Kokoni.

    Before his death Khatchig Babikian donated to the Foundation the major part
    of his assets mainly composed of lands. The capital of the foundation will
    increase with the income of the sale of the lands. Only the interests of the
    capital will be used for humanitarian, educational and cultural projects.

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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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