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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS LEAVES FOR VATICAN AT INVITATION OF POPE
BENEDICT XVI
ETCHMIADZIN, MAY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II left for the
Vatican, NT was informed by the press service of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin.
On May 6-9, His Holiness Karekin II will meet with Pope Benedict XVI,
the president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promotion of
Christian Unity Walter Cardinal Kasper, and will visit the Salesian
University. The Supreme Patriarch will take part in a conference on
Armenian Holy Liturgy at the Eastern University on May 8.
An ecumenical ceremony will be held with the participation of Benedict
XVI and Karekin II.
Catholicos of All Armenians will meet with members of the Armenian
community of Italy on May 10-13. At the end of the visit, he will go to
the island of San Lazzaro (Saint Lazarus) near Venice to have a meeting
with the Mechitarist Congregation.
BENEDICT XVI
ETCHMIADZIN, MAY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II left for the
Vatican, NT was informed by the press service of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin.
On May 6-9, His Holiness Karekin II will meet with Pope Benedict XVI,
the president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promotion of
Christian Unity Walter Cardinal Kasper, and will visit the Salesian
University. The Supreme Patriarch will take part in a conference on
Armenian Holy Liturgy at the Eastern University on May 8.
An ecumenical ceremony will be held with the participation of Benedict
XVI and Karekin II.
Catholicos of All Armenians will meet with members of the Armenian
community of Italy on May 10-13. At the end of the visit, he will go to
the island of San Lazzaro (Saint Lazarus) near Venice to have a meeting
with the Mechitarist Congregation.