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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    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/visits.htm#3


    Catholicos Aram I Receives Highest Honor

    from the Church of Sweden

    Antelias, Lebanon - His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House
    of Cilicia, received the highest award given by the Church of Sweden,
    on October 2, 2004, during a dinner given in his honor in Uppsala,
    Sweden. The award was presented by the head of the Church of Sweden,
    Archbishop K. G. Hammar.

    In presenting the award, Archbishop Hammar said, "Only three
    individuals, the last being Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa,
    have received this award, and you are the fourth. We decided to
    present this award to you in recognition and appreciation of your
    important contribution to the worldwide Ecumenical Movement".

    His Holiness expressed his thanks for this great honor. He spoke about
    the Armenian Church and people, especially the will of the people to
    survive in the aftermath of the Genocide and the important role played
    by the Church. He also focused on the importance of the Ecumenical
    Movement which he described as a means to strengthen inter-church
    cooperation. He praised the role of the Church of Sweden in the
    Ecumenical Movement and particularly in the WCC.

    His Holiness arrived in Stockholm on October 1, where he was welcomed
    by the head of the Church and a representative of the Lebanese Embassy.

    The next day His Holiness attended the annual assembly of the Church
    of Sweden where he delivered a lecture about Christian unity.

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    View printable pictures here:

    http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Pictures22.htm#bm top

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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
    Ecumenical activities 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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