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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

    HIS HOLINESS RECEIVES THE PRIMATE OF ALEPPO
    AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE DIOCESE

    His Holiness Aram I received the Primate of Aleppo, Bishop Shahan
    Sarkisian and the newly elected Executive Council of the Diocese on
    July 18.The two sides discussed several issues relevant to the Diocese.

    The representatives of the Diocese of Aleppo also met the Central
    Executive Council of the Catholicosate. His Holiness, who presided
    over the meeting, expressed his satisfaction at the future plans of
    the Executive Council, seeing in them a development in the cooperation
    between the Catholicosate and the Diocese.

    His Holiness advised the representatives of the Diocese of Aleppo to
    focus their attention on Christian education and its delivery by up to
    date programs. He considered the spiritual and moral formation of the
    new generation to be one of the priorities of the Armenian prelacies.

    The Pontiff also highlighted the importance of Armenian education as
    an important shield against the weakening of Armenian communities. His
    Holiness talked about the factors strengthening the connection between
    the church and people. He particularly stressed the importance of
    social service.

    "The church is in itself the people. If circumstances drift people away
    from their church, the church initiates the move toward the people in
    order to restore the parent-children relationship. Social service is
    one of the tangible expressions of this honest and warm cooperation. It
    constitutes the basis of the church's mission," said His Holiness.

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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 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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