HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS WITH THE HEADS OF ARMENOFAS

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Armenofas

HIS HOLINESS ARAM I MEETS WITH THE HEADS OF ARMENOFAS

ANTELIAS, Lebanon - His Holiness Aram I held a working meeting with the heads of Armenofas in Switzerland on October 22.

Armenofas is a fund created by the efforts of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and the Armenian Church, Catholicosate of Cilicia. The main capital for the fund is formed of the money collected by the union of Armenophiles and survivors of the Armenian Genocide. In the past decades the income of this fund was largely dedicated to the Armenian elderly home in Kokinia (Greece).

His Holiness and the Central National Committee believe that the fund should continue to exist regardless of its financial aspect, a) as an expression of collective memory; b) as a symbol of the friendship between the Swiss and Armenian nations as well as the Swiss and Armenian Churches and particularly the Catholicosate of Cilicia; c) as a symbol of the Swiss nation’s support for the Armenian nation.

The Pontiff and the Central National Committee are also of the opinion that the fund, currently under formation with new income sources, should widen its field of social service. His Holiness Aram I and the heads of the Armenofas Fund will continue their consultations with the aim of reaching specific conclusions by the end of the year.