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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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Arme nian.htm
THE PRESIDENTS OF MEEC MEET IN ANTELIAS
The Presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) held a meeting
in Antelias on May 23. The General Secretary of the Council, Gerges Saleh
also attended the meeting.
The agenda of the meeting included an evaluation of the MECC conference on
mass migration convened in the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias the
previous month. The presidents were then briefed by the General Secretary on
the current status of the Council and its future activities. The
participants emphasized the need for the full participation of MECC member
churches in these activities in order to strengthen the Council's
contribution to the reinvigoration of Christian life in the region.
Issues and projects related to the Council's administrative structure, its
economic situation and foreign relations were also discussed.
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View the photos here:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos266.htm#2
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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 Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Arme nian.htm
THE PRESIDENTS OF MEEC MEET IN ANTELIAS
The Presidents of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) held a meeting
in Antelias on May 23. The General Secretary of the Council, Gerges Saleh
also attended the meeting.
The agenda of the meeting included an evaluation of the MECC conference on
mass migration convened in the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias the
previous month. The presidents were then briefed by the General Secretary on
the current status of the Council and its future activities. The
participants emphasized the need for the full participation of MECC member
churches in these activities in order to strengthen the Council's
contribution to the reinvigoration of Christian life in the region.
Issues and projects related to the Council's administrative structure, its
economic situation and foreign relations were also discussed.
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View the photos here:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Pho tos/Photos266.htm#2
*****
The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.