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TURKEY'S ARMENIAN DEPUTY PATRIARCH ATTENDS VATICAN'S FORMER REP. FUNERAL
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 26, 2012 - 08:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Sunday's Zaman, leaders and
representatives of Turkey's various religious communities attended the
funeral of Monsignor Georges Marovitch, a former Vatican diplomatic
official in Turkey, who passed away on March 22 morning at the age
of 81.
Roman Catholic Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, the apostolic vicar of
Istanbul, as well as Turkey's Syriac Catholic Deputy Patriarch Yusuf
Sag, Turkey's Armenian Deputy Patriarch Aram Ateshyan, Å~^iÅ~_li Mayor
Mustafa Sarıgul and many other prominent figures attended the funeral.
Marovitch was buried in the Feriköy Roman Catholic Cemetery after
the funeral, which was held at Å~^iÅ~_li Saint Esprit Church. The
ceremony was officiated by Pelâtre. Marovitch's life accomplishments
were enumerated while hymns were sung.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 26, 2012 - 08:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Sunday's Zaman, leaders and
representatives of Turkey's various religious communities attended the
funeral of Monsignor Georges Marovitch, a former Vatican diplomatic
official in Turkey, who passed away on March 22 morning at the age
of 81.
Roman Catholic Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, the apostolic vicar of
Istanbul, as well as Turkey's Syriac Catholic Deputy Patriarch Yusuf
Sag, Turkey's Armenian Deputy Patriarch Aram Ateshyan, Å~^iÅ~_li Mayor
Mustafa Sarıgul and many other prominent figures attended the funeral.
Marovitch was buried in the Feriköy Roman Catholic Cemetery after
the funeral, which was held at Å~^iÅ~_li Saint Esprit Church. The
ceremony was officiated by Pelâtre. Marovitch's life accomplishments
were enumerated while hymns were sung.