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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 THIRD CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE CONFERENCE
IN TEHRAN
His Holiness Aram I presided over the Third Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Conference. It was held on Monday 3 November 2008, at the Department of
Islamic Culture and Relations of Iran.
The head of Iran's 'Dialogue among Religions Department', Dr. Rasoul
Rasoulipouri, and the Primate of the Diocese of Tehran, Archbishop Sebouh
Sarkissian, made the opening speeches.
In his speech, His Holiness Aram I stressed the importance of sanctity of
the family and said it should be based on Christian values; he also likened
the family unit to a "small church". The Pontiff identified the challenges
and difficulties the world has been confronting, today. He also highlighted
that the family was in the forefront to bear those challenges, and its
destruction would weaken society and lead it to destruction.
Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and Dr. Aida Hovhannissian (Chairwoman of the
Diocesan Council) represented the Armenian Church, and presented the Church's
perspective 'on the role of women' from a legal perspective. Professor Dr.
Meguerditch Toumanian expounded on 'education and instruction'; while Dr.
Levon Tavtian spoke about the challenges, 'a family faces today'.
Iranian speakers contributed on the above topics, too. Discussions followed
the presentations and a statement issued.
The conference became a unique event for the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
the Armenian Community in Iran. It asserted their role that the Armenian
Community in Iran, the largest minority group, could play.
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View the photos here:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/do c/Photos/Photos323.htm
http://www.armenianorthodox church.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos324.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 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 THIRD CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM DIALOGUE CONFERENCE
IN TEHRAN
His Holiness Aram I presided over the Third Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Conference. It was held on Monday 3 November 2008, at the Department of
Islamic Culture and Relations of Iran.
The head of Iran's 'Dialogue among Religions Department', Dr. Rasoul
Rasoulipouri, and the Primate of the Diocese of Tehran, Archbishop Sebouh
Sarkissian, made the opening speeches.
In his speech, His Holiness Aram I stressed the importance of sanctity of
the family and said it should be based on Christian values; he also likened
the family unit to a "small church". The Pontiff identified the challenges
and difficulties the world has been confronting, today. He also highlighted
that the family was in the forefront to bear those challenges, and its
destruction would weaken society and lead it to destruction.
Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and Dr. Aida Hovhannissian (Chairwoman of the
Diocesan Council) represented the Armenian Church, and presented the Church's
perspective 'on the role of women' from a legal perspective. Professor Dr.
Meguerditch Toumanian expounded on 'education and instruction'; while Dr.
Levon Tavtian spoke about the challenges, 'a family faces today'.
Iranian speakers contributed on the above topics, too. Discussions followed
the presentations and a statement issued.
The conference became a unique event for the Catholicosate of Cilicia and
the Armenian Community in Iran. It asserted their role that the Armenian
Community in Iran, the largest minority group, could play.
##
View the photos here:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/do c/Photos/Photos323.htm
http://www.armenianorthodox church.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos324.htm
*****
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.