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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

    Read the Pontifical message here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Pontifical
    Messages/messages32.htm

    BISHOP ALEMEZIAN PARTICIPATES IN THE CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 1600TH
    ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ARMENIAN ALPHABET



    An international conference dedicated to the 1600th anniversary of the
    discovery of the Armenian Alphabet was held in Yerevan on September 13-17.
    The conference was organized by the National Academy of Sciences of the
    Republic of Armenia.

    Bishop Nareg Alemezian participated in the inauguration ceremony held on
    September 13 on behalf of His Holiness Aram I. The Bishop read the Pontiff's
    "Blessing Letter" in which His Holiness highlighted the value and importance
    of the Armenian Alphabet.

    His Holiness stated in the letter that the Armenian Alphabet had not only
    become a shield for protection against violent storms of history, but also a
    holy national icon, for the protection of which the Armenian nation shed its
    blood.

    "The commemoration of the Armenian Alphabet's 1600th anniversary should not
    be a mere jubilee ceremony. It should become an expression of our commitment
    towards the Armenian language. It should become an opportunity for the
    serious and comprehensive study of Mesrobian dictation, the Western and
    Eastern Armenian languages and issues related to the Armenian language in
    general," said His Holiness in his letter.

    He expressed hope that the conference would base its sessions on this
    prospect.

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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.
    From: Baghdasarian
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