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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
REPORT
The Seventh Meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological
Dialogue
Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
Antelias, Lebanon, January 27 to 31, 2010
The seventh meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological
Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches took
place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon, from
January 27 to 31, 2010. The meeting was graciously hosted by His Holiness
Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia. It was chaired jointly by His
Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity, and His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy of Damiette,
General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Joining delegates from the Catholic Church were representatives of the
following Oriental Orthodox Churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian
Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of All
Armenians), the Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia), the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian
Church. No representative of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church was able
to attend.
The two delegations met separately on January 27, and held plenary sessions
each day from January 28 to January 30. Each day of the plenary sessions
began with a common celebration of Morning Prayer. At its initial session,
the members of the Joint Commission considered reactions to and evaluations
of the agreed statement that it had issued one year earlier, "Nature,
Constitution and Mission of the Church." This document had been approved
for publication by the Joint Commission and is now being considered by the
authorities of their churches.
The studies prepared for this session focused on two topics: the ways in
which the churches expressed their communion with one another in the first
five centuries and the reception of councils. The papers presented included
"Ecclesial Communion in Armenia and Surrounding Regions" by Rev. Fr. Boghos
Levon Zekiyan, "The Order of Reception of the Ecumenical Councils in the
Armenian Church and their Relation to the Other Local Councils" by
Archbishop Yeznik Petrossian, "How Churches Understood the Reception of the
Ecumenical Councils, How Churches Expressed their Communion in the First
Five Centuries, and Whether Rome Was Given Any Special Role. From the
Perspective of the Coptic Orthodox Church" by Metropolitan Bishoy of
Damiette, "Communion and Councils: The Persian Church in the First Five
Centuries" by Professor Dietmar W. Winkler, "Exercise of Communion in the
Church of St. Thomas Christians in India" by Rev. Fr. Matthew Vellanickal,
and "The Reception of the Three Ecumenical Councils by the Malankara
Orthodox Syrian Church" by Rev. Fr. John Matthews.
During the course of the meeting, which took place in a friendly and cordial
atmosphere, the members carefully examined the papers presented and reached
a number of conclusions. It was noted that until the middle of the fifth
century, the churches did not exist in isolation, but were in communion with
one other. Signs of this communion included the exchange of synodical
letters and letters of enthronement, the veneration of common saints, the
exchange of visits and, above all, sharing in the sacraments, especially the
Holy Eucharist. This communion was based on an understanding that the
churches shared the same faith, and willingness to defend it together
against heresies and other threats. They also saw themselves as engaged in
the same mission of evangelizing the nations. This was often a "horizontal
communion" where churches were most intensely in relation to neighboring
churches in the same region, but also with other churches throughout the
world.
On the morning of January 27, the members of the Joint Commission, together
with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, paid a visit to His Excellency Michel
Sleiman, the President of Lebanon, in the Presidential Palace at Baabda.
The President welcomed the delegation to his country and presented his
condolences to the representatives of the Ethiopian Church over the crash of
an Ethiopian airplane near Beirut on Monday, January 25. In his remarks,
the President observed that recent events had illustrated the importance of
including minorities in the political life of nations. He said that Lebanon
is an example of this political inclusiveness since the constitution gives
all the country's ethnic and religious communities a political role whatever
their numerical size. He also emphasized the need to organize capitalism in
democratic countries in a way that protects the interests of minorities,
especially the poor and the vulnerable.
On the evening of the same day, the Joint Commission members were received
by His Beatitude and Eminence Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, Patriarch
of the Maronite Church, at the patriarchate in Bkerké. During an ecumenical
prayer service in the patriarchal chapel, the Patriarch extended a warm
welcome to his guests, and spoke highly of the agreed statement finalized by
the Joint Commission in January 2009. This text, the Patriarch stated,
"presents the ecclesiological tradition common to all those churches, a
tradition which remained plentiful and sound, in spite of 1500 years of
separation." He also spoke of the positive ecumenical relations that exist
among the churches of Lebanon, and wished the members great success in their
meeting, which he saw as a sign of encouragement and hope. After the prayer
service, His Beatitude hosted a dinner for the Joint Commission members and
the spiritual heads of Christian communities in Lebanon.
On the morning of January 28, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received the
members of the Joint Commission. In his remarks, the Catholicos offered his
views on the present state of ecumenism, and said that he has come to a
renewed appreciation of the work of the bilateral dialogues. He had studied
the 2009 agreed statement carefully and appreciated it very much. His
Holiness said that in the dialogues the members must never loose sight of
the many things we have in common, and not focus exclusively on our
differences. He was critical of a tendency of some ecumenical circles to
divert their attention to more social issues. He expressed the hope that
the Joint International Commission would endeavor to bring about visible
unity of the Church, an objective that he as Moderator of the World Council
of Churches had worked to achieve. After meeting the Catholicos, the group
prayed at the memorial to the Armenian genocide of 1915 on the grounds of
the Catholicosate. On the evening of the same day, the Catholicos hosted an
official dinner at the Catholicosate that was attended by the spiritual
heads of Christian communities in Lebanon, Armenian members of the Lebanese
government and parliament, and Brotherhood and Central Executive Council
members of the Holy See of Cilicia.
On January 29, the co-chairmen held a press conference at the invitation of
Bishop Beshara Raï, the President of the Episcopal Commission for Social
Communications. It took place at the Catholic Information Center, which is
under the direction of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of
Lebanon. Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Holy See of
Cilicia, introduced the co-chairmen, and highlighted that "the presence in
Lebanon of our brothers from the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox
Churches is an occasion of spiritual joy and a sign of solidarity with our
churches in the Middle East." Cardinal Kasper spoke of the importance of
the participation of the faithful in the dialogue because the unity of the
Church concerns the whole people of God and not theologians alone.
Metropolitan Bishoy described the history of the composition of the Joint
Commission from the preparatory meeting in 2003 until this seventh meeting.
He added that the Commission meets alternatively in Rome and in countries
where Oriental Orthodox are present. On the evening of the same day, the
members of the Joint Commission attended a dinner hosted by Metropolitan
George Saliba.
On Sunday January 31, the members of the Joint Commission attended the Holy
Eucharist in the Cathedral of the Catholicosate of Cilicia presided over by
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. Cardinal Kasper preached the homily.
The eighth meeting of the International Commission will take place in Rome
at the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Arrivals will be on January 24, 2011. The two delegations will meet
separately on January 25, and participate in the conclusion of the Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity. This will be followed by plenary sessions on
January 26, 27 and 28, with departures on January 29. At the eighth plenary
meeting, the members of the Commission will deepen their study of the
communion and communication that existed between our churches until the
mid-fifth century of Christian history, as well as the role played by
monasticism.
The members of the Commission are:
Representatives of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (in alphabetical order)
Antiochian Syrian Orthodox Church: H.E. Mor Theophilus George Saliba,
Archbishop of Mount Lebanon, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Syrian
Orthodox Church, Beirut, Lebanon; H.E. Kuriakose Theophilose, Metropolitan
of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary and President of the
Ecumenical Secretariat of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in India,
Ernakulam, India;
Armenian Apostolic Church: Catholicosate of all Armenians: H.E. Khajag
Barsamian, Archbishop of the Eastern Diocese of the USA, New York
(Represented by H.G. Armash Nalbandian, Armenian Orthodox Church Diocese of
Damascus); hhhhhH.E. Archbishop Yeznik Petrossian, General Secretary of
Inter-Church Affairs of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia;
Armenian Apostolic Church: Holy See of Cilicia: H.E. Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy in the USA, New York; H.G. Bishop
Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Holy See of Cilicia, Antelias,
Lebanon;
Coptic Orthodox Church: H.E. Anba Bishoy (co-chair), Metropolitan of
Damiette, Egypt, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox
Church; Rev. Fr. Shenouda Maher Ishak, West Henrietta, New York, USA; H.G.
Bishop Daniel of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Sydney, Australia (observer);
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church: Rev. Fr. Kaleab Gebreselassie Gebru,
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Patriarchate, Asmara, Eritrea (unable to attend);
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church: Rev. Fr. Megabe Biluy Seife Selassie
Yohannes, Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate, Addis Ababa (unable to attend).
The Ethiopian Church was represented at this meeting by H.E. Archbishop
Demetrios of the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon; Rev. Fr. Abba Gebre Kidan
of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Lebanon;
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: H.E. Metropolitan Dr. Gabriel Mar
Gregorios, President of the Department of Ecumenical Relations, Diocese of
Trivandrum, India; Rev. Dr. John Mathews (co-secretary), Secretary of the
Department of Ecumenical Relations, Kottayam, India.
Representatives of the Catholic Church
His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper (co-chair), President of the Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity;
Most Reverend Paul-Werner Scheele, Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany;
Most Reverend Youhanna Golta, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop of the Coptic
Catholic Patriarchate, Cairo, Egypt;
Most Reverend Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Procurator of the Syrian Catholic
Patriarchate to the Holy See and Apostolic Visitator in Europe, Rome;
Most Reverend Peter Marayati, Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria;
Most Reverend Woldetensae Ghebreghiorghis, Apostolic Vicar of Harar,
Ethiopia, President of the Ecumenical Commission of the Catholic Church in
Ethiopia and Eritrea;
Rev. Fr. Frans Bouwen M.Afr., Consultant to the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity; Jerusalem;
Rev. Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, Executive Director, Hill Museum and
Manuscript Library, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA;
Rev. Fr. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP, Associate Director of the Secretariat for
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, US Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Washington, DC, USA;
Rev. Fr. Paul Rouhana, OLM, Université Saint-Esprit, Kaslik, Jounieh,
Lebanon;
Rev. Fr. Mark Sheridan, OSB, Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, Rome;
Rev. Fr. Mathew Vellanickal, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Changanacherry, India;
Rev. Fr. Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome;
Prof. Dietmar W. Winkler, Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity, Salzburg, Austria.
Rev. Fr. Gabriel Quicke, official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity, Rome (co-secretary).
Antelias, Lebanon, January 31, 2010
##
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 Director
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ArmenianOrthodoxChurch.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Watch our latest videos on YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HolySeeOfCilicia
REPORT
The Seventh Meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological
Dialogue
Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
Antelias, Lebanon, January 27 to 31, 2010
The seventh meeting of the International Joint Commission for Theological
Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches took
place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon, from
January 27 to 31, 2010. The meeting was graciously hosted by His Holiness
Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia. It was chaired jointly by His
Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity, and His Eminence Metropolitan Bishoy of Damiette,
General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Joining delegates from the Catholic Church were representatives of the
following Oriental Orthodox Churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syrian
Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church (Catholicosate of All
Armenians), the Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia), the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian
Church. No representative of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church was able
to attend.
The two delegations met separately on January 27, and held plenary sessions
each day from January 28 to January 30. Each day of the plenary sessions
began with a common celebration of Morning Prayer. At its initial session,
the members of the Joint Commission considered reactions to and evaluations
of the agreed statement that it had issued one year earlier, "Nature,
Constitution and Mission of the Church." This document had been approved
for publication by the Joint Commission and is now being considered by the
authorities of their churches.
The studies prepared for this session focused on two topics: the ways in
which the churches expressed their communion with one another in the first
five centuries and the reception of councils. The papers presented included
"Ecclesial Communion in Armenia and Surrounding Regions" by Rev. Fr. Boghos
Levon Zekiyan, "The Order of Reception of the Ecumenical Councils in the
Armenian Church and their Relation to the Other Local Councils" by
Archbishop Yeznik Petrossian, "How Churches Understood the Reception of the
Ecumenical Councils, How Churches Expressed their Communion in the First
Five Centuries, and Whether Rome Was Given Any Special Role. From the
Perspective of the Coptic Orthodox Church" by Metropolitan Bishoy of
Damiette, "Communion and Councils: The Persian Church in the First Five
Centuries" by Professor Dietmar W. Winkler, "Exercise of Communion in the
Church of St. Thomas Christians in India" by Rev. Fr. Matthew Vellanickal,
and "The Reception of the Three Ecumenical Councils by the Malankara
Orthodox Syrian Church" by Rev. Fr. John Matthews.
During the course of the meeting, which took place in a friendly and cordial
atmosphere, the members carefully examined the papers presented and reached
a number of conclusions. It was noted that until the middle of the fifth
century, the churches did not exist in isolation, but were in communion with
one other. Signs of this communion included the exchange of synodical
letters and letters of enthronement, the veneration of common saints, the
exchange of visits and, above all, sharing in the sacraments, especially the
Holy Eucharist. This communion was based on an understanding that the
churches shared the same faith, and willingness to defend it together
against heresies and other threats. They also saw themselves as engaged in
the same mission of evangelizing the nations. This was often a "horizontal
communion" where churches were most intensely in relation to neighboring
churches in the same region, but also with other churches throughout the
world.
On the morning of January 27, the members of the Joint Commission, together
with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, paid a visit to His Excellency Michel
Sleiman, the President of Lebanon, in the Presidential Palace at Baabda.
The President welcomed the delegation to his country and presented his
condolences to the representatives of the Ethiopian Church over the crash of
an Ethiopian airplane near Beirut on Monday, January 25. In his remarks,
the President observed that recent events had illustrated the importance of
including minorities in the political life of nations. He said that Lebanon
is an example of this political inclusiveness since the constitution gives
all the country's ethnic and religious communities a political role whatever
their numerical size. He also emphasized the need to organize capitalism in
democratic countries in a way that protects the interests of minorities,
especially the poor and the vulnerable.
On the evening of the same day, the Joint Commission members were received
by His Beatitude and Eminence Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, Patriarch
of the Maronite Church, at the patriarchate in Bkerké. During an ecumenical
prayer service in the patriarchal chapel, the Patriarch extended a warm
welcome to his guests, and spoke highly of the agreed statement finalized by
the Joint Commission in January 2009. This text, the Patriarch stated,
"presents the ecclesiological tradition common to all those churches, a
tradition which remained plentiful and sound, in spite of 1500 years of
separation." He also spoke of the positive ecumenical relations that exist
among the churches of Lebanon, and wished the members great success in their
meeting, which he saw as a sign of encouragement and hope. After the prayer
service, His Beatitude hosted a dinner for the Joint Commission members and
the spiritual heads of Christian communities in Lebanon.
On the morning of January 28, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I received the
members of the Joint Commission. In his remarks, the Catholicos offered his
views on the present state of ecumenism, and said that he has come to a
renewed appreciation of the work of the bilateral dialogues. He had studied
the 2009 agreed statement carefully and appreciated it very much. His
Holiness said that in the dialogues the members must never loose sight of
the many things we have in common, and not focus exclusively on our
differences. He was critical of a tendency of some ecumenical circles to
divert their attention to more social issues. He expressed the hope that
the Joint International Commission would endeavor to bring about visible
unity of the Church, an objective that he as Moderator of the World Council
of Churches had worked to achieve. After meeting the Catholicos, the group
prayed at the memorial to the Armenian genocide of 1915 on the grounds of
the Catholicosate. On the evening of the same day, the Catholicos hosted an
official dinner at the Catholicosate that was attended by the spiritual
heads of Christian communities in Lebanon, Armenian members of the Lebanese
government and parliament, and Brotherhood and Central Executive Council
members of the Holy See of Cilicia.
On January 29, the co-chairmen held a press conference at the invitation of
Bishop Beshara Raï, the President of the Episcopal Commission for Social
Communications. It took place at the Catholic Information Center, which is
under the direction of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of
Lebanon. Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Holy See of
Cilicia, introduced the co-chairmen, and highlighted that "the presence in
Lebanon of our brothers from the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox
Churches is an occasion of spiritual joy and a sign of solidarity with our
churches in the Middle East." Cardinal Kasper spoke of the importance of
the participation of the faithful in the dialogue because the unity of the
Church concerns the whole people of God and not theologians alone.
Metropolitan Bishoy described the history of the composition of the Joint
Commission from the preparatory meeting in 2003 until this seventh meeting.
He added that the Commission meets alternatively in Rome and in countries
where Oriental Orthodox are present. On the evening of the same day, the
members of the Joint Commission attended a dinner hosted by Metropolitan
George Saliba.
On Sunday January 31, the members of the Joint Commission attended the Holy
Eucharist in the Cathedral of the Catholicosate of Cilicia presided over by
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I. Cardinal Kasper preached the homily.
The eighth meeting of the International Commission will take place in Rome
at the invitation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Arrivals will be on January 24, 2011. The two delegations will meet
separately on January 25, and participate in the conclusion of the Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity. This will be followed by plenary sessions on
January 26, 27 and 28, with departures on January 29. At the eighth plenary
meeting, the members of the Commission will deepen their study of the
communion and communication that existed between our churches until the
mid-fifth century of Christian history, as well as the role played by
monasticism.
The members of the Commission are:
Representatives of the Oriental Orthodox Churches (in alphabetical order)
Antiochian Syrian Orthodox Church: H.E. Mor Theophilus George Saliba,
Archbishop of Mount Lebanon, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Syrian
Orthodox Church, Beirut, Lebanon; H.E. Kuriakose Theophilose, Metropolitan
of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary and President of the
Ecumenical Secretariat of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in India,
Ernakulam, India;
Armenian Apostolic Church: Catholicosate of all Armenians: H.E. Khajag
Barsamian, Archbishop of the Eastern Diocese of the USA, New York
(Represented by H.G. Armash Nalbandian, Armenian Orthodox Church Diocese of
Damascus); hhhhhH.E. Archbishop Yeznik Petrossian, General Secretary of
Inter-Church Affairs of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia;
Armenian Apostolic Church: Holy See of Cilicia: H.E. Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy in the USA, New York; H.G. Bishop
Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer of the Holy See of Cilicia, Antelias,
Lebanon;
Coptic Orthodox Church: H.E. Anba Bishoy (co-chair), Metropolitan of
Damiette, Egypt, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox
Church; Rev. Fr. Shenouda Maher Ishak, West Henrietta, New York, USA; H.G.
Bishop Daniel of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Sydney, Australia (observer);
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church: Rev. Fr. Kaleab Gebreselassie Gebru,
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Patriarchate, Asmara, Eritrea (unable to attend);
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church: Rev. Fr. Megabe Biluy Seife Selassie
Yohannes, Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate, Addis Ababa (unable to attend).
The Ethiopian Church was represented at this meeting by H.E. Archbishop
Demetrios of the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon; Rev. Fr. Abba Gebre Kidan
of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church of Lebanon;
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: H.E. Metropolitan Dr. Gabriel Mar
Gregorios, President of the Department of Ecumenical Relations, Diocese of
Trivandrum, India; Rev. Dr. John Mathews (co-secretary), Secretary of the
Department of Ecumenical Relations, Kottayam, India.
Representatives of the Catholic Church
His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper (co-chair), President of the Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity;
Most Reverend Paul-Werner Scheele, Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany;
Most Reverend Youhanna Golta, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop of the Coptic
Catholic Patriarchate, Cairo, Egypt;
Most Reverend Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Procurator of the Syrian Catholic
Patriarchate to the Holy See and Apostolic Visitator in Europe, Rome;
Most Reverend Peter Marayati, Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria;
Most Reverend Woldetensae Ghebreghiorghis, Apostolic Vicar of Harar,
Ethiopia, President of the Ecumenical Commission of the Catholic Church in
Ethiopia and Eritrea;
Rev. Fr. Frans Bouwen M.Afr., Consultant to the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity; Jerusalem;
Rev. Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, Executive Director, Hill Museum and
Manuscript Library, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA;
Rev. Fr. Ronald G. Roberson, CSP, Associate Director of the Secretariat for
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, US Conference of Catholic Bishops,
Washington, DC, USA;
Rev. Fr. Paul Rouhana, OLM, Université Saint-Esprit, Kaslik, Jounieh,
Lebanon;
Rev. Fr. Mark Sheridan, OSB, Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, Rome;
Rev. Fr. Mathew Vellanickal, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Changanacherry, India;
Rev. Fr. Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome;
Prof. Dietmar W. Winkler, Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity, Salzburg, Austria.
Rev. Fr. Gabriel Quicke, official of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity, Rome (co-secretary).
Antelias, Lebanon, January 31, 2010
##
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.