ELECTION OF ECCLESIASTICAL LEADER OF FRENCH PATRIARCHAL EPARCHY OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH TO BE HELD IN PARIS
ArmInfo
2007-06-04 15:47:00
The French Patriarchal Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church will
elect the ecclesiastical leader-bishop for the first time over the last
80 years. As the priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church of "Sourb
Hakop" in Lyons Isaak Yekimyan told ArmInfo special correspondent in
France, the elections will be held in the Parisian church of "Sourb
Hovhannes" on June 22.
"There was no Eparchy in France over the last 70-80 years despite
availability of many churches and clergymen of the Armenian Apostolic
Church. Along with it, the number of APC nationals in France grew
to half a million people that caused necessity of establishing
the local eparchy, which was carried out on December 10, 2006",
I. Yekimyan said".