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    Lraper Church Bulletin 11/07/2005
    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] <mailto:[email protected]>
    [email protected]
    www.lraper.org <http://www.lraper.org/>

    THE PATRIARCH RECEIVES DR. PAPKEN ARARKTSYAN

    The first President of the parliament of the Armenian Republic, Prof.
    Dr. Ararktsyan, arrived in Istanbul on Friday morning, 1 July 2005. He
    was accompanied by his wife, Garine Ararktsyan, his daughter and son,
    and the Garbis Cirbasyan family from Paris.

    Visiting the Armenian Patriarchate in the late afternoon of the same
    day, the guests were received by His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian
    Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, in his study.

    In the era of the late departed Patriarch Karekin II, Prof. Dr.
    Ararktsyan visited the Patriarchate when he came to Istanbul on official
    business in 1995. Prof. Dr. Ararktsyan said that this time he came to
    see Van and its environs, the birthplace of his grandfathers.

    His Beatitude the Patriarch welcomed the visitors and wished them a
    satisfying time in Turkey.

    His Beatitude the Patriarch answered questions from his guests. He
    provided brief information about the Armenian Church in Turkey, schools
    for minorities, associations, and other organizations of the community.
    He then exchanged views with his guests on topics such as
    Turkish-Armenian relations and the process for Turkey's accession to the
    European Union.

    The visited lasted for an hour and a half, at the end of which the
    visitors signed the Patriarchate's Guest Book and then left for the Surp
    Pirgic Armenian Hospital.
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