PRESIDENT SARGSYAN LEAVES FOR VATICAN
Today - 11:16
18/9/14
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to make an official visit to
the Holy See (Vatican) on September 18. Press service of Armenian
President informs about this.
In Vatican Serzh Sargsyan will hold a private meeting with Pope
Francis followed by his meeting with Vatican's Secretary of State
Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
The Armenian President is going to take part in the opening of the
photo exhibition "A Fable of the East: Christianity in front of the
challenges of the new millennium" at Vittoriano Museum Complex where
he will make a speech.
The president will also visit Saint Bartholomew Church whose chapels
contain records of Christian martyrs, including those of the Armenian
Genocide. Serzh Sargsyan will lay a wreath at the main sacristy of
the church and will pay tribute to the memory of the martyrs.
On his visit Serzh Sargsyan is to visit permanent exhibition halls
of medieval Armenian cross-stones at the Vatican museums.
Other meetings will also be held with the representatives of the
Christian lay community of Sant'Egidio and the cardinals of the Roman
Curia (administrative apparatus).
http://www.times.am/?p=46634&l=en
From: A. Papazian
Today - 11:16
18/9/14
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to make an official visit to
the Holy See (Vatican) on September 18. Press service of Armenian
President informs about this.
In Vatican Serzh Sargsyan will hold a private meeting with Pope
Francis followed by his meeting with Vatican's Secretary of State
Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
The Armenian President is going to take part in the opening of the
photo exhibition "A Fable of the East: Christianity in front of the
challenges of the new millennium" at Vittoriano Museum Complex where
he will make a speech.
The president will also visit Saint Bartholomew Church whose chapels
contain records of Christian martyrs, including those of the Armenian
Genocide. Serzh Sargsyan will lay a wreath at the main sacristy of
the church and will pay tribute to the memory of the martyrs.
On his visit Serzh Sargsyan is to visit permanent exhibition halls
of medieval Armenian cross-stones at the Vatican museums.
Other meetings will also be held with the representatives of the
Christian lay community of Sant'Egidio and the cardinals of the Roman
Curia (administrative apparatus).
http://www.times.am/?p=46634&l=en
From: A. Papazian