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    PRESS RELEASE
    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.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm

    THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA IN THE MEETING OF THE
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE "ARMENIA" ALL-ARMENIAN FUND


    The 15th session of the "Armenian" All-Armenian Fund's Board of Trustees was
    convened in the government building of the Republic of Armenia in Yerevan on
    May 5. The president of the republic, H.E. Robert Kotcharian presided over
    the meeting.

    Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Primate of the Diocese of Tehran, represented
    the Catholicosate of Cilicia in the meeting.

    President Kotcharian opened the meeting asking the participants to stand up
    in a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Armavia plane crash
    in Sochi on May 3. The Catholicos of All Armenians then said prayers for the
    souls of the victims. Archbishop Sarkissian expressed the condolences of His
    Holiness Aram I to president Kotcharian on this sad event.

    The attendants listened to the report of the fund's executive committee on
    the works carried out in 2005 as well as the financial report of the
    overseeing committee. They discussed the agenda of the upcoming
    Armenian-Diaspora conference in September.

    During lunch break, Archbishop Sarkissian conveyed the greetings of His
    Holiness Aram I to president Kotcharian and expressed the Pontiff's support
    of the fund's efforts. He wished the president good luck in his mission.

    A requiem service was held for the victims of the plane crash in the St.
    Gregory the Illuminator Church in Yerevan on May 6. President Kotcharian,
    the speaker of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister and ministers,
    foreign diplomats and a large number of people attended the service.
    Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II presided over the service. Archbishop
    Sarkissian participated in the service along with the Catholicos on behalf
    of His Holiness Aram I.

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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
    mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
    Catholicosate, http://www.cathcil.org/ The Cilician Catholicosate, the
    administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.
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