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CATHOLICOS OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CILICIA TO VISIT ROME
Zenit.org, Italy
June 2 2014
Aram I, Pope Francis to Pray Together, Visit Tomb of Saint Peter
Vatican City, June 02, 2014 (Zenit.org) | 106 hits
On June 5, Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
Cilicia, will visit Rome to meet with Pope Francis. Aram I was elected
Catholicos of Cilicia of Antelias in 1995.
The Armenian Church consists of two catholicates and two patriarchates,
and around six million faithful. The two catholicates of Etchmiadzin
and Antelias are in full communion, but they are independent from an
administrative point of view. The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
and the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople refer to Etchmiadzin
for spiritual questions.
Following Vatican Council II, new relations have developed between
the Catholic Church and the Armenian Church. Representatives of the
two Catholicates of Etchmiadzin and Antelias are members of the Mixed
International Commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic
Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Aram I visited the Church of Rome and met with Pope John Paul II from
23 to 26 January 1997. More recently, the Catholicos visited Pope
Benedict XVI in November 2008, and on that occasion they presided
over an ecumenical prayer together.
The Catholicos will meet Pope Francis later this week and they will
pray together. They will visit the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity and various other dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
Finally, they will visit the tomb of St. Peter and pray before the
statue of St. Gregory the Illuminator, which is located on the north
courtyard of the Vatican Basilica.
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/catholicos-of-armenian-apostolic-church-of-cilicia-to-visit-rome
Zenit.org, Italy
June 2 2014
Aram I, Pope Francis to Pray Together, Visit Tomb of Saint Peter
Vatican City, June 02, 2014 (Zenit.org) | 106 hits
On June 5, Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
Cilicia, will visit Rome to meet with Pope Francis. Aram I was elected
Catholicos of Cilicia of Antelias in 1995.
The Armenian Church consists of two catholicates and two patriarchates,
and around six million faithful. The two catholicates of Etchmiadzin
and Antelias are in full communion, but they are independent from an
administrative point of view. The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
and the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople refer to Etchmiadzin
for spiritual questions.
Following Vatican Council II, new relations have developed between
the Catholic Church and the Armenian Church. Representatives of the
two Catholicates of Etchmiadzin and Antelias are members of the Mixed
International Commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic
Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Aram I visited the Church of Rome and met with Pope John Paul II from
23 to 26 January 1997. More recently, the Catholicos visited Pope
Benedict XVI in November 2008, and on that occasion they presided
over an ecumenical prayer together.
The Catholicos will meet Pope Francis later this week and they will
pray together. They will visit the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity and various other dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
Finally, they will visit the tomb of St. Peter and pray before the
statue of St. Gregory the Illuminator, which is located on the north
courtyard of the Vatican Basilica.
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/catholicos-of-armenian-apostolic-church-of-cilicia-to-visit-rome