Lraper Church Bulletin 11/08/2005
Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
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ARMENIAN PATRIARCH TO ATTEND 20TH WORLD YOUTH DAY IN GERMANY
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The Chancellery of the Armenian Patriarchate announced that His
Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, will
be leaving for Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday, 16 August, and will be
returning to his See on Monday, 22 August.
The Patriarch has been invited to Germany by Their Eminences Cardinal
Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz & President of the German Catholic
Bishops’ Conference, and Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of
Cologne, in order to participate in the 20th World Youth Day.
On Tuesday, 16 August, Patriarch Mesrob will be joining the youths from
the Catholic Students’ Parish of Muenster.
On Wednesday, 17 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in a stage
programme titled “Study for Love and Justice” – a talk focusing on
Christian-Muslim dialogue and reconciliation with Martin Buchholz of the
West German Broadcasting Corporation.
On Thursday, 18 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in another
public talk, this time with His Excellency Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff
of Aachen, aboard the “Friend-Ship” of the Catholic Students’ Parish of
Muenster. The theme of the talk will be: “We are all children of
Abraham: Christians and Muslims – can we live together in peace?
Inspired by the Gospel, reconciliation can be found.”
On Friday, 19 August, His Beatitude the Patriarch will be participating
in the International Conference of Delegations for Pastoral work at
Universities, along with His Eminence Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski,
Prefect of Catholic Education, Vatican, and His Excellency Bishop
Mussinghoff.
On Saturday, 20 August, in the late afternoon, the Patriarch will attend
the Vigil with the youth and with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
On Sunday, 21 August, in the morning, His Beatitude will attend the Holy
Mass celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
On Monday, 22 August, in the afternoon, His Beatitude the Patriarch will
be returning to Istanbul.
In Cologne, Patriarch Mesrob will be assisted by the Revd. Fr. Drtad
Uzunyan, His Beatitude’s staff-bearer; Ms. Jaisy Manthuruthil and Mr.
Michael Bruening, both young guides have been assigned to accompany him.
He will also have a chance to meet His Grace Archbishop Karekin
Bekciyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany – a graduate of the
Holy Cross Patriarchal Seminary (Surp Hac Tbrevank) in Istanbul.