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PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9413-1709
Email: [email protected]
COMMUNIQUÉ: OUR BELOVED PRIMATE ENTERS HIS ETERNAL REST
It is with deep sorrow that we convey the difficult news that our dearly
beloved spiritual leader, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian,
Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and New
Zealand entered his eternal rest this morning, Saturday 22 September
2012 at 9.45 a.m. having suffered a heart attack.
At age 66 his Eminence succumbed to join our Lord after a long battle
with illness.
The Clergy and diaconate, Diocesan Council, Church Councils of Sydney,
Melbourne and Sydney West together with all other Church Committees and
members of the parish are in deep mourning.
At this sorrowful time the Diocese will observe a period of mourning
until Sunday 28 October and Armenian community organisations are
requested to respect this period.
Expressions of condolence will be accepted in the Diocesan office from
Monday to Sunday evening between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
Details of the funeral service and interment of our beloved late Primate
will be announced through the Church and on Armenian Radio in due
course.
Issued on Behalf of the Diocesan Council
22 September 2012
See attachment for Armenian & English Communiqué
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9413-1709
Email: [email protected]
COMMUNIQUÉ: OUR BELOVED PRIMATE ENTERS HIS ETERNAL REST
It is with deep sorrow that we convey the difficult news that our dearly
beloved spiritual leader, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian,
Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and New
Zealand entered his eternal rest this morning, Saturday 22 September
2012 at 9.45 a.m. having suffered a heart attack.
At age 66 his Eminence succumbed to join our Lord after a long battle
with illness.
The Clergy and diaconate, Diocesan Council, Church Councils of Sydney,
Melbourne and Sydney West together with all other Church Committees and
members of the parish are in deep mourning.
At this sorrowful time the Diocese will observe a period of mourning
until Sunday 28 October and Armenian community organisations are
requested to respect this period.
Expressions of condolence will be accepted in the Diocesan office from
Monday to Sunday evening between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
Details of the funeral service and interment of our beloved late Primate
will be announced through the Church and on Armenian Radio in due
course.
Issued on Behalf of the Diocesan Council
22 September 2012
See attachment for Armenian & English Communiqué