HEAD OF ARMENIAN CHURCH IN ISTANBUL

NTV MSNBC, Turkey
June 21 2006

The visit is just the third in nearly 50 years by a head of the
Armenian church to Turkey.

Guncelleme: 11:07 TSÝ 21 Haziran 2006 Carþamba ISTANBUL – The Supreme
Hierarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II,
arrived in Istanbul late Tuesday at the start of a week long visit
to Turkey, just the third ministerial visit of Turkey by the head of
the Armenian Church in the past 45 years.

Garegin II is in Turkey at the invitation of Armenian Patriarch
Meerop Mutaffian and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, Bartholomew I,
with whom he will be holding talks on inter church relations.

During his stay, Garegin II will officiate at a service at the
Armenian Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in the Istanbul district of
Kumkapi and conduct a blessing for Turkey’s Armenian community. He
is also expected to meet with the governor of the province of Istanbul.

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