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  • ANTELIAS: HH Aram I meets with Armenofas officials in Switzerland

    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

    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS WITH THE HEADS OF ARMENOFAS

    His Holiness Aram I held a working meeting with the heads of Armenofas in
    Switzerland on October 22.

    Armenofas is a fund created by the efforts of the Protestant Churches of
    Switzerland and the Armenian Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia. The main
    capital for the fund is formed of the money collected by the union of
    Armenophiles and survivors of the Armenian Genocide. In the past decades the
    income of this fund was largely dedicated to the Armenian elderly home in
    Kokinia (Greece).

    His Holiness and the Central National Committee believe that the fund should
    continue to exist regardless of its financial aspect, a) as an expression of
    collective memory; b) as a symbol of the friendship between the Swiss and
    Armenian nations as well as the Swiss and Armenian Churches and particularly
    the Catholicosate of Cilicia; c) as a symbol of the Swiss nation's support
    for the Armenian nation.

    The Pontiff and the Central National Committee are also of the opinion that
    the fund, currently under formation with new income sources, should widen
    its field of social service. His Holiness Aram I and the heads of the
    Armenofas Fund will continue their consultations with the aim of reaching
    specific conclusions by the end of the year.

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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.armenianorthodoxchurch.org The Cilician
    Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
    Antelias, Lebanon.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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