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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
"CHRISTIAN PRESENCE IN IRAQ" ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN WHICH THE ARMENIAN
CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES
On Thursday 19 February 2009, under the auspices of the Maronite Patriarch
in Lebanon, H.B. Nasrallah Sfeir, the University of "Sayadat Loueizi"
organized a one-day conference dedicated to Christian Presence in Iraq.
Archbishop Komitas Ohanian represented the Armenian Catholicosate of
Cilicia. Other participants at the conference included representatives of
the Chaldean Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church, as
well as representatives of local churches in Iraq and university professors.
The participants discussed the contribution of Christians in the
reconstruction of Iraq and Iraqi society. They emphasized the importance of
Christian-Muslim dialogue in promoting cooperation and reconciliation among
the Iraqi people.
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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
"CHRISTIAN PRESENCE IN IRAQ" ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN WHICH THE ARMENIAN
CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES
On Thursday 19 February 2009, under the auspices of the Maronite Patriarch
in Lebanon, H.B. Nasrallah Sfeir, the University of "Sayadat Loueizi"
organized a one-day conference dedicated to Christian Presence in Iraq.
Archbishop Komitas Ohanian represented the Armenian Catholicosate of
Cilicia. Other participants at the conference included representatives of
the Chaldean Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Assyrian Church, as
well as representatives of local churches in Iraq and university professors.
The participants discussed the contribution of Christians in the
reconstruction of Iraq and Iraqi society. They emphasized the importance of
Christian-Muslim dialogue in promoting cooperation and reconciliation among
the Iraqi people.
##
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.