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  • ANTELIAS: HH Aram I receives the General Secretary of the MECC

    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon



    His Holiness Aram I receives the General Secretary of the Middle East
    Council of churches (MECC)

    Antelias - On Sunday 29 June 2014 MECC General Secretary, Dr Michel Jalkh,
    met with his Holiness Aram I in his office. As one of the Presidents of the
    Council, the Catholicos was briefed by Dr Jalkh on the activities of the
    MECC and on the recent ecumenical meeting with partners held in Amman
    Jordan.

    Following discussion, Catholicos Aram I proposed the following three
    urgent steps to help member churches in the region: To organize a meeting of
    the Executive Committee of the MECC, to prepare a plan of action to help
    Christian refugees and channel humanitarian assistance through the church
    institutions, and to hold a meeting of the religious heads of Middle East
    Churches.

    The Middle East Council of Churches is the only ecumenical body in the
    region and brings together four church families: The Eastern Orthodox
    (Chalcedonian) churches, The Oriental Orthodox (non Chalcedonian churches),
    the Catholics and the Protestants.


    Representatives of the Catholicosate of Cilicia will attend the meetings
    of the Governing Bodies of the World Council of Churches (WCC)

    Antelias - The Central Committee of the WCC will meet in Geneva 2-8 July
    2014. This is the first meeting of the Committee that was elected during the
    10th Assembly in Busan South Korea in 2013. It will adopt the post-Assembly
    vision statement and set priorities for the next seven years. The Executive
    Committee will meet on 9 July, following the meeting of the Central
    Committee.

    The Catholicosate of Cilicia will be represented on the governing bodies
    of the Council by Archbishop Nareg Alemezian and Ms Teny Simonian.

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    From: Baghdasarian
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