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ORIENTAL ORTHODOX STANDING COMMITTEE MEETS IN ST MARK - CAIRO

The Standing Committee of the Oriental Orthodox Churches in the Middle Eastmet in St Mark Coptic Orthodox Conference Centre ­ Cairo May 7 ­ 8। On the9th, the meeting was presided by His Holiness Pope Shenouda of the CopticOrthodox Church, and His Holiness Patriarch Zakka Iwas I of the SyrianOrthodox Church। His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian OrthodoxChurch was not able to travel from Beirut because of the special situationin Lebanon। The Committee presented its working papers to the Heads of Churches। No common declaration was issued until the Heads of OrientalOrthodox meet again. There were many issues and reports on the agenda of the meeting, regarding the relations and dialogues between the Oriental Orthodox churches in the Middle East and the Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran Churches as well as the World Council of Churches and the Middle East Council ofChurches. >Middle East Council of Churches>Office of International Ecumenical Relations>P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb >+961-1-353-938>

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