December 23, 2016

His Holiness Aram I pays an official visit to Tehran

On Monday, 12 December 2016, His Holiness Aram I left for Tehran to preside over a one-week meeting between the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the International Center for Interreligious Dialogue of Iran. During his visit, Catholicos Aram I will also meet with government officials, the leadership of the Armenian community in Tehran, and with members of the church councils and community organizations.

 

During these visits His Holiness will be accompanied by Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of the Diocese of Tehran, Bishop Krikor Chiftjian, Diocese of Aderbadagan, Very Rev. Sipan Kechejian, Pontifical Vicar, Diocese of Isfahan, as well as the two Armenian members of the Iranian Parliament; and from Lebanon, Rev Bedros Manuellian, Director of Communications of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Dr. Nora Bayrakdarian, Professor of International Law, Lebanese University, and Mr. Jirayr Reissian, Syria, member of Parliament.

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