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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 AND HIS BEATITUDE BECHARA RAI
MEET IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS - On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 2011, His
Holiness Catholicos Aram I met with His Beatitude Bechara Rai, Patriarch of
the Lebanese Maronite Church.
His Holiness arrived at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church in Los Angeles
accompanied by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, H.E.
Archbishop Yeprem Tabakian, and clergy. They were welcomed by Patriarch
Rai, Bishops of the Maronite Dioceses of Los Angeles and Brazil, and clergy
members.
The discussion centered on the current goings-on in Lebanon, the situation
of Christians in the Middle East, and the relationship between Churches
headquartered in the Middle East with their faithful in the Diaspora. Both
spiritual leaders emphasized the importance of unity between Christian
Churches and strengthened ties.
His Holiness gave His Beatitude a brief synopsis of the lecture he had
presented a day before at UCLA on the future of Christianity in the Middle
East. Patriarch Rai spoke of the meetings he has had during his visit to
the United States, which are generally related to Lebanon and the Middle
East.
After the hour long meeting, a prayer service was held inside the Cathedral.
A brief interview followed, during which both His Holiness and His Beatitude
spoke highly of the close relations between the Armenian and Maronite
communities and called for more collaboration.
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Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos622.htm
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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 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 AND HIS BEATITUDE BECHARA RAI
MEET IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS - On the morning of Saturday, October 15, 2011, His
Holiness Catholicos Aram I met with His Beatitude Bechara Rai, Patriarch of
the Lebanese Maronite Church.
His Holiness arrived at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Church in Los Angeles
accompanied by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, H.E.
Archbishop Yeprem Tabakian, and clergy. They were welcomed by Patriarch
Rai, Bishops of the Maronite Dioceses of Los Angeles and Brazil, and clergy
members.
The discussion centered on the current goings-on in Lebanon, the situation
of Christians in the Middle East, and the relationship between Churches
headquartered in the Middle East with their faithful in the Diaspora. Both
spiritual leaders emphasized the importance of unity between Christian
Churches and strengthened ties.
His Holiness gave His Beatitude a brief synopsis of the lecture he had
presented a day before at UCLA on the future of Christianity in the Middle
East. Patriarch Rai spoke of the meetings he has had during his visit to
the United States, which are generally related to Lebanon and the Middle
East.
After the hour long meeting, a prayer service was held inside the Cathedral.
A brief interview followed, during which both His Holiness and His Beatitude
spoke highly of the close relations between the Armenian and Maronite
communities and called for more collaboration.
##
Photos: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos622.htm
*****
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.