PRIMATE OF ARMENIAN DIOCESE OF TEHRAN TO PARTICIPATE IN DAMASCUS IN
CELEBRATIONS DEDICATED TO 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASSYRIAN CHURCH
SUPERIOR’S ACCESSION
TEHRAN, SEPTEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Late on September
13, Archbishop Sepuh Sargsian, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of
Tehran left for Damascus, the capital of Syria to participate in
celebrations dedicated to the 25th anniversary of accession of Mar
Zakka I Iuazi, the spiritual superior of the Assyrian sister-church.
According to the “Alik” daily of Tehran, His Holiness Pimate will head
the delegation appointed by Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia, members of which Archbishop Gegham Khacherian, the Primate of
the Armenian Diocese of Lebanon, Archimandrite Norayr Ashgian, Sumbul
Sumbulian and Nubar Melikian are.
His Holiness Sepuh with the delegation he heads will participate in
church events and celebrations and will made a speech in the name of
the Great House of Cilicia on that occasion.
His Holiness Primate will return Tehran on September 16.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress