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ARMENIAN COMMUNITY PRAYS FOR AILING PATRIARCH MUTAFYAN
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Oct 15 2014
Zeynel Yaman
ISTANBUL -- Prayers continue to pour in for the recovery of Archbishop
Mesrob II Matufyan, the Armenian Orthodox patriarch in Turkey, who
has undergone treatment for dementia since 2008.
The patriarch, also known as Mesrob Mutafyan, was photographed for the
first time in six years at the hospital where he is being treated for
dementia. The photo shows the patriarch in his hospital bed surrounded
by Armenian Orthodox bishops and Aram AteÅ~_yan, the vice-patriarch
who represents the patriarchate in the absence of Mutafyan, solemnly
praying for the ailing religious leader.
Mesrob II was diagnosed with dementia in 2008 and is confined to a
Turkish-Armenian hospital in Istanbul where he has been treated since.
He is the 84th patriarch of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox community and
succeeded Karekin II in 1998. Archbishop Aram AteÅ~_yan was appointed
to serve as Patriarchal Vicar, as Mesrob II had to withdraw from the
duties of the patriarchate due to his illness. Under Turkish laws
and patriarchate rules, a new patriarch cannot be elected while his
predecessor is alive. The Istanbul-born patriarch studied sociology
and philosophy in the U.S. before returning to Turkey. He was ordained
by the priesthood in 1979 and appointed as pastor to Kınalıada,
an island near Istanbul where a small Armenian community lives.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/10/15/armenian-community-prays-for-ailing-patriarch
From: Baghdasarian
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Oct 15 2014
Zeynel Yaman
ISTANBUL -- Prayers continue to pour in for the recovery of Archbishop
Mesrob II Matufyan, the Armenian Orthodox patriarch in Turkey, who
has undergone treatment for dementia since 2008.
The patriarch, also known as Mesrob Mutafyan, was photographed for the
first time in six years at the hospital where he is being treated for
dementia. The photo shows the patriarch in his hospital bed surrounded
by Armenian Orthodox bishops and Aram AteÅ~_yan, the vice-patriarch
who represents the patriarchate in the absence of Mutafyan, solemnly
praying for the ailing religious leader.
Mesrob II was diagnosed with dementia in 2008 and is confined to a
Turkish-Armenian hospital in Istanbul where he has been treated since.
He is the 84th patriarch of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox community and
succeeded Karekin II in 1998. Archbishop Aram AteÅ~_yan was appointed
to serve as Patriarchal Vicar, as Mesrob II had to withdraw from the
duties of the patriarchate due to his illness. Under Turkish laws
and patriarchate rules, a new patriarch cannot be elected while his
predecessor is alive. The Istanbul-born patriarch studied sociology
and philosophy in the U.S. before returning to Turkey. He was ordained
by the priesthood in 1979 and appointed as pastor to Kınalıada,
an island near Istanbul where a small Armenian community lives.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/10/15/armenian-community-prays-for-ailing-patriarch
From: Baghdasarian