PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 1) 517 163
Fax: (374 1) 517 301
E-Mail: ktrij@etchmiadzin.am
April 5, 2005

Catholicos of All Armenians to Depart for Vatican

On Thursday, April 7, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians, will depart for the Vatican to
participate in the funeral and burial services of Pope of the Roman
Catholic Church, His Holiness John Paul II of blessed memory.

Accompanying the Pontiff of All Armenians in the official
representation of the Armenian Church will be His Beatitude Archbishop
Mesrob Mutafian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople; His Eminence
Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian
Church of America (Eastern); and Rev. Fr. Geghard Vahuni, Staff-Bearer
to His Holiness.

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