Cilician Catholicos to participate in G8 interfaith summit of religious leadersJune 20, 2010 - 16:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, left for Canada to participate in a major session on Climate Change during the Interfaith Summit in Winnipeg. The interfaith gathering will run June 21-23 and then pass its recommendations on to the G20 meeting June 26 and 27 at Huntsville, Ontario. After the meeting, Catholicos Aram I will prolong his visit to Canada for a pastoral visit to the Dioceses in Montreal and Toronto, reported the press service of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. In Winnipeg Prelate of Tehran Archbishop Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate of Canada Archbishop Khajak Hagopian and Director of Communications V. Rev. Krikor Chiftjian will accompany him. Prelate of New York Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan and Prelate of the Western Diocese of California Moushegh Mardirossian will also join him for the pastoral visit. The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of the Armenian Orthodox Church. Its jurisdiction extends over the Armenian Communities in the Middle East, Europe and North and South America. The Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |