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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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN REPUBLIC GRAND MUFTI
His Holiness Aram I received the personal representative of the Grand Mufti
of the Syrian Republic Sheikh Ahmed Badr al-Din Hassoun in Antelias on
December 15. The General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches
(MECC), Dr. Georges Saleh, accompanied the delegate.
The Mufti's delegate handed a written letter to the Catholicos, in which the
Mufti congratulates him for his election as President of MECC. Sheikh
Hassoun also highlights the important role of the Armenian Pontiff in the
Christian-Muslim dialogue. The Syrian Mufti also proposes to move forward
the dialogue both on the Middle Eastern and international levels and seek
new horizons of cooperation.
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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.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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVES THE PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYRIAN REPUBLIC GRAND MUFTI
His Holiness Aram I received the personal representative of the Grand Mufti
of the Syrian Republic Sheikh Ahmed Badr al-Din Hassoun in Antelias on
December 15. The General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches
(MECC), Dr. Georges Saleh, accompanied the delegate.
The Mufti's delegate handed a written letter to the Catholicos, in which the
Mufti congratulates him for his election as President of MECC. Sheikh
Hassoun also highlights the important role of the Armenian Pontiff in the
Christian-Muslim dialogue. The Syrian Mufti also proposes to move forward
the dialogue both on the Middle Eastern and international levels and seek
new horizons of cooperation.
##
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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.