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    PRESS RELEASE
    Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
    Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
    Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
    Tel: (374 1) 517 163
    Fax: (374 1) 517 301
    E-Mail: [email protected]
    August 25, 2004

    New Diocesan Council Elected in the Armenian Diocese of Damascus

    The Armenian Diocese of Damascus (Syria) officially informed the Mother See
    of Holy Etchmiadzin that on August 15, a Diocesan Assembly was convened at
    the St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral of Damascus. During the meeting a new
    Diocesan Council was elected. The elections were organized by the
    initiative of the Parish Council of St. Sarkis and the (Armenian) national
    representative assembly of Damascus, and were conducted according to the
    rules of the National Constitution, under the supervision of the Election
    Oversight Committee.

    An election such as this, with the participation of all Armenian
    organizations of Damascus, had not happened in the last thirty years within
    this diocese.

    The newly elected Diocesan Council is comprised of eleven lay members from
    throughout the community and two clergymen from the Diocesan Religious
    Council. In accord with the national constitution, the president of the
    Diocesan Council is the primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, Very
    Rev. Fr. Armash Vardapet Nalbandian.

    The new diocesan council members, under the guidance of their diocesan
    primate, will bring their efforts and devoted service to the progress and
    prosperity of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, for the glory of the
    Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.

    His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
    has conveyed his Pontifical Blessings and good wishes to the newly elected
    members of the Diocesan Council of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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