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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS WITH THE NEW ARMENIAN MP IN THE CYPRIOT PARLIAMENT
Catholicosate of Cilicia - Antelias
06/05/2006
His Holiness Aram I received the newly elected Armenian MP in the
Cypriot Parliament, Vartkes Mahdessian in the Veharan on June 5. The
MP visited Antelias to receive the Pontiff's blessings as a new MP.
Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian (Catholicosal Vicar to Cyprus) and
Tsolag Tutelian (member of the Central Executive Council) also attended
the meeting.
The Catholicos congratulated Mahdessian on his election. He
advised the MP that as the representative of the entire Armenian
community of Cyprus, he should work with commitment to strengthen to
comprehensiveness and internal unity of the community. The Pontiff
added that the MP should coordinate efforts with the Catholicosal
Vicar to Cyprus, to gather the Cypriot-Armenians around the Church.
His Holiness advised that the government-Armenian community contacts
should be more organized always having the community's collective
interests in mind. The MP promised to do his best in this direction
in cooperation with all the structures of the community.
Catholicosate of Cilicia - Antelias
06/05/2006
His Holiness Aram I received the newly elected Armenian MP in the
Cypriot Parliament, Vartkes Mahdessian in the Veharan on June 5. The
MP visited Antelias to receive the Pontiff's blessings as a new MP.
Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian (Catholicosal Vicar to Cyprus) and
Tsolag Tutelian (member of the Central Executive Council) also attended
the meeting.
The Catholicos congratulated Mahdessian on his election. He
advised the MP that as the representative of the entire Armenian
community of Cyprus, he should work with commitment to strengthen to
comprehensiveness and internal unity of the community. The Pontiff
added that the MP should coordinate efforts with the Catholicosal
Vicar to Cyprus, to gather the Cypriot-Armenians around the Church.
His Holiness advised that the government-Armenian community contacts
should be more organized always having the community's collective
interests in mind. The MP promised to do his best in this direction
in cooperation with all the structures of the community.