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 RECEIVES THE AMBASSADOR OF EGYPT
His Holiness Aram I received the ambassador of Egypt to Lebanon,
Hussein Darrar on May 27. The two held a long meeting, during
which the ambassador informed His Holiness about the political and
electoral developments in the Middle East in general and Lebanon
in particular. The two also talked about the participation of the
Armenian community in the elections.
His Holiness stressed the need to change the 2000 electoral law,
saying that the latter has cause inter and intra confessional
sensitivities. He said that after the elections are over, the
new government should make the changing of this law one of its
priorities. His Holiness pointed out that Lebanon's sovereignty is
being re-established and that democracy is moving towards the right
direction in the country.
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Picture here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Pictures13.htm
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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.
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 RECEIVES THE AMBASSADOR OF EGYPT
His Holiness Aram I received the ambassador of Egypt to Lebanon,
Hussein Darrar on May 27. The two held a long meeting, during
which the ambassador informed His Holiness about the political and
electoral developments in the Middle East in general and Lebanon
in particular. The two also talked about the participation of the
Armenian community in the elections.
His Holiness stressed the need to change the 2000 electoral law,
saying that the latter has cause inter and intra confessional
sensitivities. He said that after the elections are over, the
new government should make the changing of this law one of its
priorities. His Holiness pointed out that Lebanon's sovereignty is
being re-established and that democracy is moving towards the right
direction in the country.
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Picture here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Pictures13.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.