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  • ANTELIAS: His Holiness Aram I meets Patriarch Zakka I in Damascus

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
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    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS PATRIARCH ZAKKA I IN DAMASCUS

    On Wednesday 12 May 2010 His Holiness Aram I met Patriarch Zakka I at the
    Patriarchate of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Damascus. The two Leaders
    first held a closed session and then Metropolitan George Saliba and Bishop
    Nareg Alemezian joined them.

    During their meeting Patriarch Zakka I and Catholicos Aram I discussed three
    issues of common concern: First the schism within the Malankara (Indian)
    Orthodox Syrian Church, and the desire of the two groups to ask Catholicos
    Aram to mediate. Second, decision of the Coptic Orthodox Church to suspend
    its membership in the Middle East Council of Churches, following a decision
    taken by the Executive Committee at its last meeting. After the visit of
    Patriarch Zakka to Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Orthodox Church was asking
    Catholicos Aram who did not attend the last meeting of the Executive
    Committee, to mediate and settle the issue. Three, strengthening the witness
    of the Oriental Orthodox Family in the Middle East in response to rising
    ecumenical and interreligious concerns.

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    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.
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