15-17 January 2014, Catholicos Aram I took part in the consultation held at the WCC in Geneva Switzerland. The participants included religious leaders from Syria and the Middle East Council of Churches, representatives from churches from countries of the Action Group for Geneva I, and other international ecumenical organizations. The General Secretary of the WCC,…
Upon the arrival of Catholicos Aram I in Geneva, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit and the staff responsible for the Middle East, met with His Holiness at his hotel to discuss the agenda of the WCC Ecumenical and international meeting on Syria, the contribution of His…
On 16 January 2014, Rev. Dr. Gottfried Locher, President of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (FEPS), and Rev. Serge Fornerod, Director of International and Ecumenical Relations of FEPS, met with His Holiness Aram I in Geneva. Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian and Ms. Teny Simonian, President of ARMENOFAS, the Swiss-Armenian Foundation, were also present. His Holiness…
According to the established tradition, religious and political officials, as well as representatives of civil society and interreligious associations visit Antelias to express their good wishes to Catholicos Aram I and the Armenian community. The visit this year was also an opportunity for the leaders to discuss with His Holiness the situation in Lebanon, specifically…
