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BISHOP'S FAREWELL VISIT TO ARMENIA
Anglican News
Sept 6 2013
By Canon Meurig Williams on the Diocese of Europe website
Bishop Geoffrey [Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe] visited
Armenia from Friday 23 August until Tuesday 27 August. This was a
farewell visit to Catholicos Karekin II and the Armenian Apostolic
Church before Bishop Geoffrey retires in November.
In his role as Anglican co-chair of the theological dialogue with
the Oriental Orthodox Churches of which the Armenian Church is one,
Bishop Geoffrey has a long standing relationship going back many
years. He has accompanied both Archbishops George Carey and Rowan
Williams on their official visits to the Armenian Church and was
present also at the 1700th anniversary of Armenian Christianity.
Bishop Geoffrey and his chaplain and commissary, Fr Meurig, received
the warmest of welcomes. He was able to talk to Catholicos Karekin
about Anglican-Armenian relations, the forthcoming meeting of the
theological dialogue and the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
in 2015.
On Sunday morning Bishop Geoffrey and Fr Williams attended the Holy
Liturgy in the Cathedral at Etchmiadzin. In the evening Bishop
Geoffrey presided at the eucharist for the newly re-established
Anglican congregation, now led by Deacon John Barker, which meets
in the ancient Armenian church of Saint Zoravor, Yerevan, where
hospitality is generously given by the Armenian Church.
On Monday Bishop Hovakim organised a visit to the newly established
diocese to Artvik of which he is the bishop as well as heading up
the ecumenical relations of the Armenian church. In the evening the
British ambassador to Armenia, Her Excellency Kathy Leach, generously
hosted a reception for Bishop Geoffrey and leading Armenian religious
and cultural figures.
Bishop Geoffrey commented " I have been delighted to be once again
in Armenia, a country and church which has suffered much in the
past. The warmth of the welcome we have received reminds us of how
much we share in our common Christian faith and how valued these
ecumenical relations are."
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/08/bishops-farewell-visit-to-armenia.aspx
Anglican News
Sept 6 2013
By Canon Meurig Williams on the Diocese of Europe website
Bishop Geoffrey [Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe] visited
Armenia from Friday 23 August until Tuesday 27 August. This was a
farewell visit to Catholicos Karekin II and the Armenian Apostolic
Church before Bishop Geoffrey retires in November.
In his role as Anglican co-chair of the theological dialogue with
the Oriental Orthodox Churches of which the Armenian Church is one,
Bishop Geoffrey has a long standing relationship going back many
years. He has accompanied both Archbishops George Carey and Rowan
Williams on their official visits to the Armenian Church and was
present also at the 1700th anniversary of Armenian Christianity.
Bishop Geoffrey and his chaplain and commissary, Fr Meurig, received
the warmest of welcomes. He was able to talk to Catholicos Karekin
about Anglican-Armenian relations, the forthcoming meeting of the
theological dialogue and the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
in 2015.
On Sunday morning Bishop Geoffrey and Fr Williams attended the Holy
Liturgy in the Cathedral at Etchmiadzin. In the evening Bishop
Geoffrey presided at the eucharist for the newly re-established
Anglican congregation, now led by Deacon John Barker, which meets
in the ancient Armenian church of Saint Zoravor, Yerevan, where
hospitality is generously given by the Armenian Church.
On Monday Bishop Hovakim organised a visit to the newly established
diocese to Artvik of which he is the bishop as well as heading up
the ecumenical relations of the Armenian church. In the evening the
British ambassador to Armenia, Her Excellency Kathy Leach, generously
hosted a reception for Bishop Geoffrey and leading Armenian religious
and cultural figures.
Bishop Geoffrey commented " I have been delighted to be once again
in Armenia, a country and church which has suffered much in the
past. The warmth of the welcome we have received reminds us of how
much we share in our common Christian faith and how valued these
ecumenical relations are."
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2013/08/bishops-farewell-visit-to-armenia.aspx