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PRESS RELEASE
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
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA ATTENDS THE MIDDLE
EAST SYNOD ORGANIZED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Upon the invitation of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth, around 185
delegates gathered in Rome from 10 to 24 October 2010, to discuss issues
related to the Catholic Church in the Middle East. The agenda of the meeting
was organized around the general theme "Communion and Witness: The multitude
of those who become believers were of one heart and one soul" (Acts 4:32).
His Holiness Aram I nominated H.G. Bishop Shahan Sarkissian, Prelate of the
Diocese of Peria (Syria) to represent the Catholicosate. Bishop Shahan was
one of the thirteen fraternal delegates attending the meeting. Jews and
Muslims were also invited.
During the meeting, H.G. Bishop Shahan read the message of H. H. Aram I
addressed to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth. In the message Catholicos
Aram I expressed his appreciation for the timing of such a meeting and
shared his views on the way churches in the Middle East could help their
believers to stay in the region. According to the Catholicos, Middle East
churches should work more closely towards unity, find new ways of
cooperation and mutual support, and promote interreligious dialogue
particularly with Islam. At the end of the message, His Holiness Aram I
invited the churches in the region to strengthen the Middle East Council of
Churches.
Bishop Sarkissian contributed to the meeting by participating in the work of
the committees and other activities organized around the Synod.
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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.
From: A. Papazian
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
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA ATTENDS THE MIDDLE
EAST SYNOD ORGANIZED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Upon the invitation of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth, around 185
delegates gathered in Rome from 10 to 24 October 2010, to discuss issues
related to the Catholic Church in the Middle East. The agenda of the meeting
was organized around the general theme "Communion and Witness: The multitude
of those who become believers were of one heart and one soul" (Acts 4:32).
His Holiness Aram I nominated H.G. Bishop Shahan Sarkissian, Prelate of the
Diocese of Peria (Syria) to represent the Catholicosate. Bishop Shahan was
one of the thirteen fraternal delegates attending the meeting. Jews and
Muslims were also invited.
During the meeting, H.G. Bishop Shahan read the message of H. H. Aram I
addressed to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth. In the message Catholicos
Aram I expressed his appreciation for the timing of such a meeting and
shared his views on the way churches in the Middle East could help their
believers to stay in the region. According to the Catholicos, Middle East
churches should work more closely towards unity, find new ways of
cooperation and mutual support, and promote interreligious dialogue
particularly with Islam. At the end of the message, His Holiness Aram I
invited the churches in the region to strengthen the Middle East Council of
Churches.
Bishop Sarkissian contributed to the meeting by participating in the work of
the committees and other activities organized around the Synod.
##
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.
From: A. Papazian