KAROLOS PAPOULIAS VISITED THE MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN

armradio.am
28.06.2007 16:12

The President of the Republic of Greece who is paying a three-day state
visit to Armenia Karolos Papoulias and his wife May Papoulia visited
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The guests were accompanied by RA
Deputy Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan and his wife. The Catholicos
of All Armenians Karekin II welcomed their visit to Holy Etchmiadzin.

The guests visited the Treasury of Etchmiadzin. His Holiness Karekin
II presented a publication about these treasures to the President
of Greece.

Mr. Papoulias also visited the Mother Cathedral and learned about the
history of establishment of one the first Christian religious centers.

During the visit to Armenia the Presidnet of teh Republic of Greece
had meetings with RA presidnet Robert Kocharyan, Prime Minister
Serge Sargsyan, NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan. He visited the memorial
to the Armenian Genocide victims, Matenadaran Institute of ancient
manuscripts and the Yerevan State University.