Pope Met with Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.12.2006 15:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Within the framework of his visit to Turkey Pope
Benedict XVI mer with Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Istanbul, Mesrob
Mutafyan. As PanARMENIAN.Net came to know from Marmara newspaper,
the meeting lasted about hour and a half. Top security measures were
undertaken and the Armenians living far from the Cathedral of Blessed
Virgin in Kumkari could not attend the liturgy, since the center of
the city was blocked. Benedict XVI was gifted a golden chalice made by
Armenian masters in 1820. After a joint liturgy a khachkar dedicated
to the visit of the Holy Father was consecrated in the church yard.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS