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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


    His Holiness Aram I expresses his condolences on the occasion of the death
    of Pope Petros VII, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa

    Pope Petros VII, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa and
    other members of the Patriarchate, including bishops, priests and lay staff,
    lost their lives last Saturday, 11 September 2004, in a helicopter crash
    over the Aegean Sea while they were traveling to the Mount Athos monastery
    in northern Greece. On this occasion His Holiness Aram I sent the following
    condolences to the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of
    Alexandria, Egypt.-

    13 September, 2004

    To The Holy Synod

    of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

    Egypt.

    Dear Brothers in Christ

    It is with deep sorrow and sadness that I came to learn the tragic accident
    of His Holiness Petros VII Patriarch of Alexandria. I have known His
    Holiness since 1970. As young priests we have been together in different
    committees and meetings of the Middle East Council of Churches. Since then
    we have developed a close friendship and ecumenical collaboration.

    His Holiness Petros was a dynamic person committed to the service of his
    church. He firmly believed in Ecumenical vision and brought an active
    participation in Ecumenical witness on regional and international levels. We
    will never forget his services particularly to MECC, to the cause of
    Christian unity in the Middle East and to the Christian-Moslem dialogue.

    On behalf of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, the
    Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia and personally I want to convey my deepest
    condolences to the Holy Synod and to the family of His Holiness.

    May God accept his soul in His Eternal Kingdom

    ARAM I

    CATHOLICOS OF CILICIA

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