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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


    ANTE LIAS ARCHIVES UNDERGOES COMPLETE REORGANIZATION


    The Archives department of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is
    currently undergoing complete reorganization under the supervision of
    Catholicos Aram I.

    Within the Catholicosate's general restoration works a special place was
    dedicated for the storage of archives. With the kind support of its
    director, Dr. Zaven Yegavian, the Department of Armenian Affairs of the
    Gulbenkian Foundation has accepted to meet the costs of the establishment of
    the Archives department.

    The new department is located on the right hand of the Catholicosate's main
    entrance and occupies a large area. It is supplied with special cabinet
    archives imported from Italy. Before the establishment of the Archives
    department, Mr. Krikor Shahinian worked on the reorganization of the
    Catholicosate's archives. The department's general director now is V. Rev.
    Fr. Yeghishe Mandjigian with Rev. Fr. Movses Boyadjian as his assistant.

    The general director of the official Archives department of the Republic of
    Armenia, Amadouni Virabian, had visited the Catholicosate of Cilicia about
    five months ago and made a thorough examination of the Archives department
    in Antelias. He then presented his written proposals for the department's
    reorganization to the Pontiff.

    Virabian has now returned to Antelias with a team of seven professionals to
    work on the reorganization process which will conclude at the end of May.

    The Catholicosate of Cilicia has rich archives related to the Armenian
    Genocide, the status of Armenians in the post-Genocide era, the
    Catholicosate's efforts in the field of the Armenian Cause, writings by
    Catholicoi, research and writings by Armenian national leaders and
    intellectuals and the role of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in the Diaspora
    in general. The department also has a rich collection of photographs and
    films.

    The Archives department is already open to the public. Intellectuals and
    researchers from Armenia and foreign countries come to conduct researches in
    the Catholicosate's Archives department.

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    View photos here:
    http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Pictur es60.htm


    *****

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