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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I WELCOMES THE GROWING IMPACT OF ECUMENISM ON THE LIFE OF
THE CHURCHES IN ASIA
His Eminence Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian of the Diocese of Tehran (Iran)
participated in a joint meeting of the World Council of Churches and the
Christian Conference of Asia, held 1-5 August 2011, in Bangkok. The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of joint ecumenical actions to
ensure Asia's peace and security. The participants reported on the life and
witness of their churches and the issues that the poor people and minorities
are facing.
In his presentation, Archbishop Sarkissian said that Christianity in Iran
dated back many centuries and the Armenian Church has always played an
active role. During discussions, the Archbishop spoke of the Armenian
Genocide, Nagorno Karabagh and the situation of the Palestinian people.
At the end of the meeting, on behalf of His Holiness Aram I, His Eminence
invited the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia to
Antelias, Lebanon.
His Holiness welcomed the growing impact of ecumenism on the life of the
churches in Asia, and the active participation of the Armenian Church in
Iran in ecumenical witness in the region.
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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 Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I WELCOMES THE GROWING IMPACT OF ECUMENISM ON THE LIFE OF
THE CHURCHES IN ASIA
His Eminence Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian of the Diocese of Tehran (Iran)
participated in a joint meeting of the World Council of Churches and the
Christian Conference of Asia, held 1-5 August 2011, in Bangkok. The purpose
of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of joint ecumenical actions to
ensure Asia's peace and security. The participants reported on the life and
witness of their churches and the issues that the poor people and minorities
are facing.
In his presentation, Archbishop Sarkissian said that Christianity in Iran
dated back many centuries and the Armenian Church has always played an
active role. During discussions, the Archbishop spoke of the Armenian
Genocide, Nagorno Karabagh and the situation of the Palestinian people.
At the end of the meeting, on behalf of His Holiness Aram I, His Eminence
invited the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia to
Antelias, Lebanon.
His Holiness welcomed the growing impact of ecumenism on the life of the
churches in Asia, and the active participation of the Armenian Church in
Iran in ecumenical witness in the region.
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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.