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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 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES URGES
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CITIZENS
AND TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS
Following the official opening of the meeting, and discussions on the
situation in the region, the Executive Committee began its deliberations.
The members discussed the report of the Restructuring Committee and decided
to change the organizational framework, but keep the regional offices in
Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan and Syria; they also agreed to open new offices in
other countries whenever the need arises, and confirmed that the
headquarters will remain in Beirut. The Committee then reviewed the
constitution and discussed staffing matters.
The Executive Committee appointed three new Assistant General Secretaries ,
and confirmed Mrs. Seta Hadeshian as Director of the Unit on Diakonia and
Social Justice.
As part of its programmatic work, the MECC responded positively to the
request of the World Council of Churches to organize a meeting on "Christian
Presence and Witness in the Middle East", to be held either in Geneva or
Beirut in 2013. The proposed meeting would follow up the process that
started at the Catholicosate of Cilicia last year.
The Executive Committee concluded its deliberations with a statement urging
Christians in the Middle East to fulfill their responsibilities as citizens
and to speak up for their rights.
At the end of the meeting, His Holiness Aram I gave each participant a copy
of the prayer book of St. Nerses Shenorhali (Gracious), "I Confess with
Faith", which has been translated into 33 languages.
The third meeting of the Executive Committee will be held in February 2013,
in Amman, Jordan.
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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
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES URGES
CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CITIZENS
AND TO SPEAK UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS
Following the official opening of the meeting, and discussions on the
situation in the region, the Executive Committee began its deliberations.
The members discussed the report of the Restructuring Committee and decided
to change the organizational framework, but keep the regional offices in
Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan and Syria; they also agreed to open new offices in
other countries whenever the need arises, and confirmed that the
headquarters will remain in Beirut. The Committee then reviewed the
constitution and discussed staffing matters.
The Executive Committee appointed three new Assistant General Secretaries ,
and confirmed Mrs. Seta Hadeshian as Director of the Unit on Diakonia and
Social Justice.
As part of its programmatic work, the MECC responded positively to the
request of the World Council of Churches to organize a meeting on "Christian
Presence and Witness in the Middle East", to be held either in Geneva or
Beirut in 2013. The proposed meeting would follow up the process that
started at the Catholicosate of Cilicia last year.
The Executive Committee concluded its deliberations with a statement urging
Christians in the Middle East to fulfill their responsibilities as citizens
and to speak up for their rights.
At the end of the meeting, His Holiness Aram I gave each participant a copy
of the prayer book of St. Nerses Shenorhali (Gracious), "I Confess with
Faith", which has been translated into 33 languages.
The third meeting of the Executive Committee will be held in February 2013,
in Amman, Jordan.
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http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos748.htm#4