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  • Armenian Patriarch to Attend 20th World Youth Day in Germany

    Lraper Church Bulletin 11/08/2005
    Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
    Armenian Patriarchate
    TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
    T: +90 (212) 517-0970, 517-0971
    F: +90 (212) 516-4833, 458-1365
    [email protected]


    ARMENIAN PATRIARCH TO ATTEND 20TH WORLD YOUTH DAY IN GERMANY
    www.lraper.org <http://www.lraper.org/> (Click the "ENG" button on the
    left hand side corner of the page)

    The Chancellery of the Armenian Patriarchate announced that His
    Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, will
    be leaving for Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday, 16 August, and will be
    returning to his See on Monday, 22 August.

    The Patriarch has been invited to Germany by Their Eminences Cardinal
    Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz & President of the German Catholic
    Bishops' Conference, and Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of
    Cologne, in order to participate in the 20th World Youth Day.

    On Tuesday, 16 August, Patriarch Mesrob will be joining the youths from
    the Catholic Students' Parish of Muenster.

    On Wednesday, 17 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in a stage
    programme titled "Study for Love and Justice" - a talk focusing on
    Christian-Muslim dialogue and reconciliation with Martin Buchholz of the
    West German Broadcasting Corporation.

    On Thursday, 18 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in another
    public talk, this time with His Excellency Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff
    of Aachen, aboard the "Friend-Ship" of the Catholic Students' Parish of
    Muenster. The theme of the talk will be: "We are all children of
    Abraham: Christians and Muslims - can we live together in peace?
    Inspired by the Gospel, reconciliation can be found."

    On Friday, 19 August, His Beatitude the Patriarch will be participating
    in the International Conference of Delegations for Pastoral work at
    Universities, along with His Eminence Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski,
    Prefect of Catholic Education, Vatican, and His Excellency Bishop
    Mussinghoff.

    On Saturday, 20 August, in the late afternoon, the Patriarch will attend
    the Vigil with the youth and with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

    On Sunday, 21 August, in the morning, His Beatitude will attend the Holy
    Mass celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

    On Monday, 22 August, in the afternoon, His Beatitude the Patriarch will
    be returning to Istanbul.

    In Cologne, Patriarch Mesrob will be assisted by the Revd. Fr. Drtad
    Uzunyan, His Beatitude's staff-bearer; Ms. Jaisy Manthuruthil and Mr.
    Michael Bruening, both young guides have been assigned to accompany him.
    He will also have a chance to meet His Grace Archbishop Karekin
    Bekciyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany - a graduate of the
    Holy Cross Patriarchal Seminary (Surp Hac Tbrevank) in Istanbul.
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