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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father 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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I SENDS A LETTER OF PRAISE TO
KIRK KERKORIAN
In a letter addressed to Armenian Philanthropist Mr. Kirk Kerkorian, His
Holiness Aram I praises the latter's recent donation of 4.5 million US
Dollars to the Armenian schools of Lebanon.
Greeting Mr. Kerkorian as a friend, and an Armenian praiseworthy for his
great contributions to his nation, His Holiness Aram I points out how this
recent initiative came to restate Mr. Kerkorian's commitment to the
well-being of Armenian families and students. He ensures that the donation
will breathe new life into the Armenian community of Lebanon, which has been
suffering great economic difficulties in the aftermath of the recent Israeli
war on Lebanon.
The Catholicos then expresses the warm gratitude of the Armenian students,
teachers and parents of Lebanon towards Mr. Kerkorian. His Holiness also
praises Vice Chairman of the "Lincy" Foundation, Mr. Harut Sassounian, for
his important role in the organization and execution of the project.
Referring to this donation during a sermon he delivered in the St. Gregory
the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias on Sunday, His Holiness had called on
the education practitioners of the Lebanese-Armenian community to seriously
and comprehensively re-evaluate the educational status of the community. He
had stressed that the community should not only be in the shoes of aid
receivers, but should find, in these aids, incentives for revitalization.
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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.
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Father 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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I SENDS A LETTER OF PRAISE TO
KIRK KERKORIAN
In a letter addressed to Armenian Philanthropist Mr. Kirk Kerkorian, His
Holiness Aram I praises the latter's recent donation of 4.5 million US
Dollars to the Armenian schools of Lebanon.
Greeting Mr. Kerkorian as a friend, and an Armenian praiseworthy for his
great contributions to his nation, His Holiness Aram I points out how this
recent initiative came to restate Mr. Kerkorian's commitment to the
well-being of Armenian families and students. He ensures that the donation
will breathe new life into the Armenian community of Lebanon, which has been
suffering great economic difficulties in the aftermath of the recent Israeli
war on Lebanon.
The Catholicos then expresses the warm gratitude of the Armenian students,
teachers and parents of Lebanon towards Mr. Kerkorian. His Holiness also
praises Vice Chairman of the "Lincy" Foundation, Mr. Harut Sassounian, for
his important role in the organization and execution of the project.
Referring to this donation during a sermon he delivered in the St. Gregory
the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias on Sunday, His Holiness had called on
the education practitioners of the Lebanese-Armenian community to seriously
and comprehensively re-evaluate the educational status of the community. He
had stressed that the community should not only be in the shoes of aid
receivers, but should find, in these aids, incentives for revitalization.
##
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.