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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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I TRAVELS TO EGYPT TO CONGRATULATE
HIS HOLINESS POPE TAWADROS II OF THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH
On Thursday 22 November 2012 Catholicos Aram I went to Cairo for a one-day
visit to congratulate the newly consecrated Pope Tawadros II personally.
Archbishops Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of the Diocese of Tehran, Nareg
Alemehian , Ecumenical officer, and staff-bearer Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian
accompanied His Holiness.
Representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church met His Holiness Aram I at the
airport. After meeting with His Holiness the Pope, Catholicos Aram I said
that the long-standing relationship and cooperation between the two churches
and the Oriental Family should continue with renewed commitment, and the
visible unity among all churches in the Middle East should become more
explicit.
Pope Tawados II then acknowledged the contribution of His Holiness Aram I to
the ecumenical movement and affirmed his commitment to cooperation between
the churches of the Oriental Orthodox Family in the Middle East and the
ecumenical movement.
The visit ended with a lunch offered by the Coptic Pope in honor of
Catholicos Aram I in the presence of the clergy and more than fifty guests.
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Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos776.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos777.htm
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
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I TRAVELS TO EGYPT TO CONGRATULATE
HIS HOLINESS POPE TAWADROS II OF THE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH
On Thursday 22 November 2012 Catholicos Aram I went to Cairo for a one-day
visit to congratulate the newly consecrated Pope Tawadros II personally.
Archbishops Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of the Diocese of Tehran, Nareg
Alemehian , Ecumenical officer, and staff-bearer Rev. Mesrob Sarkissian
accompanied His Holiness.
Representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church met His Holiness Aram I at the
airport. After meeting with His Holiness the Pope, Catholicos Aram I said
that the long-standing relationship and cooperation between the two churches
and the Oriental Family should continue with renewed commitment, and the
visible unity among all churches in the Middle East should become more
explicit.
Pope Tawados II then acknowledged the contribution of His Holiness Aram I to
the ecumenical movement and affirmed his commitment to cooperation between
the churches of the Oriental Orthodox Family in the Middle East and the
ecumenical movement.
The visit ended with a lunch offered by the Coptic Pope in honor of
Catholicos Aram I in the presence of the clergy and more than fifty guests.
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Photos:
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos776.htm
http://www.armenianorthodoxchurch.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos777.htm