The text of the address delivered by His Holiness Aram I at the opening session of the International Ecumenical Consultation on “Reconfiguration of the Ecumenical Movement for the 21st Century” taking place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon, from 17 to 20 November, 2003

Pontifical Messages

 TOWARDS THE NEW ECUMENICAL CONFIGURATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY   It is a profound spiritual joy to greet you in this center of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. Since its formation late in the first century and its in- stitutionalization at the beginning of the fourth century, the Armenian Orthodox Church, with  its  theological broadmindedness,…