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ALL APPOINTMENTS OF THE PATRIARCH ARE POSTPONED

On Monday evening, 25 December 2006, His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian
Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, felt acute pain in this abdomen and by
decision of the expert Dr. Garbis Yakupyan and Dr. Mirican Miroglu was taken
to the Yedikule Holy Saviour Armenian Hospital for observation. After four
hours of tests and the administration of serum to His Beatitude the
Patriarch, a diagnosis of "gastroenteritis" was made. His Beatitude the
Patriarch discharged himself in the early hours of the morning and returned
to the Patriarchate. His Beatitude the Patriarch continues to be treated by
the expert doctors named above, plus the hospital’s Chief Surgeon Dr. Arman
Cakir. All appointments of His Beatitude the Patriarch have been postponed
for now.
PATRIARCHAL SECRETARIAT