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  • Antelias: His Holiness Aram I visits the Azounieh Armenian NationalS

    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

    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS THE AZOUNIEH ARMENIAN NATIONAL SANATORIUM
    AND THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF DURZIS IN SHOUF

    His Holiness Aram I visited the Azounieh Armenian National Sanatorium
    in Shouf on July 16 with members of the Cilician Brotherhood. His
    Holiness was received by the Board of Trustees of the sanatorium and
    its staff.

    The visit was an opportunity for His Holiness to get closely acquainted
    with the activities of the Sanatorium and to review some plans that
    will be implemented in the future for the purpose of reforming the
    institution.

    The members of the Board of Trustees of the Azounieh Sanatorium and
    particularly its chairman Zohrab Torigian gave detailed explanations
    to His Holiness on these matters. His Holiness also visited the
    patients and the elderly and gave them his blessings, wishing for
    their well-being and recovery.

    The Board of Trustees of the sanatorium have planned a number of
    construction projects both inside and around the sanatorium. The
    institute currently hosts around 100 patients.

    The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the community hospital
    of Shouf's Durzis, Dr. Abbas Halabi visited the Azounieh National
    Sanatorium on the occasion of His Holiness' visit to the region and
    met with the Catholicos and the Board of Trustees of the sanatorium.

    His Holiness Aram I then visited the community hospital of the Durzis,
    where he was met with the religious and secular governors of the
    hospital, the members of its medical committee and staff. His Holiness
    Aram I was informed about the humanitarian mission of the hospital,
    the services it offers and the modern medical equipment it possesses.

    The director of the hospital welcomed His Holiness, a visitor
    he regarded as "a champion of Christian-Muslim dialogue, who has
    come to us to become a tangible example of inter-confessional and
    inter-religious coexistence and cooperation."

    His Holiness commended the work carried out by the hospital under
    the supervision of Dr. Halabi. He highlighted the imperative of
    transforming inter-confessional coexistence into cooperation with
    everyone's positive participation.

    His Holiness considered the visit an opportunity for cooperation with
    the hospital and the Azounieh National Sanatorium, "two dedicated
    institutions serving the same cause and bound together by good
    neighborly relations for many years."

    His Holiness toured around all the departments of the hospital and
    the building that shelters the elderly with the Board of Trustees
    and the medical committee.

    The visit became an opportunity for the two sides to familiarize one
    another with the activities of the two institutions and to discuss
    possibilities for future cooperation.

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    View pictures here:
    http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Pictures38.htm

    *****

    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
    of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
    history and the 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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