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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 FUNERAL
OF PATRIARCH TEOCTIST
The funeral of the spiritual head of the Romanian Church, Patriarch
Teoctist, was held in the Romanian capital Bucharest on August 3. Archbishop
Gomidas Ohanian and Bishop Khoren Doghmadjian (Primate of the Diocese of
Greece) attended the service on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
His Holiness Aram I.
On this sad occasion, the Armenian Catholicos sent a condolence letter to
the Patriarchal Vicar and the Sinod of the Romanian Church. Archbishop
Gomidas read the letter in which the Pontiff, friend of Patriarch Teoctist,
highlights the Romanian spiritual leader's human and spiritual values,
considering his death a loss to the Romanian church and the ecumenical
movement in general. The Catholicosate of Cilicia's delegates then expressed
condolences on behalf of His Holiness Aram I to the Patriarchal Vicar of the
Romanian Church and the members of its Sinod.
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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.
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 FUNERAL
OF PATRIARCH TEOCTIST
The funeral of the spiritual head of the Romanian Church, Patriarch
Teoctist, was held in the Romanian capital Bucharest on August 3. Archbishop
Gomidas Ohanian and Bishop Khoren Doghmadjian (Primate of the Diocese of
Greece) attended the service on behalf of the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
His Holiness Aram I.
On this sad occasion, the Armenian Catholicos sent a condolence letter to
the Patriarchal Vicar and the Sinod of the Romanian Church. Archbishop
Gomidas read the letter in which the Pontiff, friend of Patriarch Teoctist,
highlights the Romanian spiritual leader's human and spiritual values,
considering his death a loss to the Romanian church and the ecumenical
movement in general. The Catholicosate of Cilicia's delegates then expressed
condolences on behalf of His Holiness Aram I to the Patriarchal Vicar of the
Romanian Church and the members of its Sinod.
##
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.