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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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVED REV. Dr. PAUL RUHANNA,
GENERAL SECRETARY ELECT OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
On Friday 23 December 2011, Rev. Dr. Paul Ruhanna visited His Holiness Aram
I. Mrs. Seta Hadeshian, Director of the Diakonia and Social Justice Unit of
MECC, accompanied him.
Rev. Dr. Ruhanna will take office on 2 January 2012. The purpose of his
visit was to inform His Holiness on his findings following his meetings with
MECC staff, and his plans to implement the priorities set by the 10th
Assembly. The General Secretary also discussed his plans for internal
restructuring of the Council.
After listening to the General Secretary, Catholicos Aram I proposed that he
also visit the Heads of Churches in the Middle East in order to hear their
priorities for the Council.
In the end, Catholicos Aram I commended the new General Secretary on his
approach to his new position, and the proposals he will take to the next
Executive Committee meeting to be held in March 2012 at the Catholicosate of
Cilicia in Antelias.
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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I RECEIVED REV. Dr. PAUL RUHANNA,
GENERAL SECRETARY ELECT OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
On Friday 23 December 2011, Rev. Dr. Paul Ruhanna visited His Holiness Aram
I. Mrs. Seta Hadeshian, Director of the Diakonia and Social Justice Unit of
MECC, accompanied him.
Rev. Dr. Ruhanna will take office on 2 January 2012. The purpose of his
visit was to inform His Holiness on his findings following his meetings with
MECC staff, and his plans to implement the priorities set by the 10th
Assembly. The General Secretary also discussed his plans for internal
restructuring of the Council.
After listening to the General Secretary, Catholicos Aram I proposed that he
also visit the Heads of Churches in the Middle East in order to hear their
priorities for the Council.
In the end, Catholicos Aram I commended the new General Secretary on his
approach to his new position, and the proposals he will take to the next
Executive Committee meeting to be held in March 2012 at the Catholicosate of
Cilicia in Antelias.