LRAPER Church Bulletin
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Armenian Patriarchate
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THE PATRIARCH MEETS WITH HIS ADVISORS

On Wednesday evening, 22 June 2005, His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian
Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, met with the members of the
Patriarchal Advisory Council. The meeting was chaired by one of the members
of the Council, Erol Seheryildizi.

During the meeting, there was discussion concerning the draft of the new law
on Foundations. The members of the Council also deliberated on the state of
the Gumusyan Foundation, and the foundations belonging to the Parish
Councils of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Kuzguncuk-Istanbul, of
Saint Giragos Church of Diyarbakir, of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of
Kayseri, and of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Kirikhan. Also
discussed were the activities of the Uskudar Semerciyan-Nersesyan Schools
Alumni Association, invitations to the Patriarch from Bulgaria and Iran, the
financial situation of the Patriarchate, and the restoration of the Aghtamar
Church on Lake Van.

In attendance at the meeting were Prof. Dr. Avedis Hacinliyan, Asst. Prof.
Dr. Arusyak Yumul, Dr. Sosi Antikaciyan, Murat Bebiroglu, Murat Bilir,
Krikor Dosemeciyan, Hrant Kalatas, Murat Ozkan, Yervant Ozuzun, and Aret
Vartanyan.