Los Angeles Times
June 6, 2005 Monday
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L.A. Welcomes Church Leader
GRAPHIC: PHOTO: No Caption PHOTO: His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos
of All Armenians, the highest-ranking official in the Armenian
Apostolic Church, greets the congregation during his visit Sunday to
the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, far left. Above, Cardinal
Roger M. Mahony greets celebrants at the cathedral, the seat of the
three-county Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. At left, a
member of the congregation prays during the liturgy. Karekin’s
Southland trip began Thursday with a procession at St. Mary Armenian
Apostolic Church in Costa Mesa. After leaving Los Angeles on Friday,
he is scheduled to travel to Sacramento, Fresno, San Francisco and
Detroit. PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by Anne Cusack Los Angeles Times
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