KAREKIN II CONGRATULATES NEW HEAD OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

ARMENPRESS
Feb 11, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: Catholicos Karekin II, head of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, has sent a letter of congratulations to
Ieronymous of Thebes, who was elected a new leader of the Orthodox
Greek Church to replace the late Archbishop Christodoulos.

Ieronymous was elected after two rounds of voting winning 45 out of
74 votes from the Church’s Holy Synod. About 97 percent of native-born
Greeks are Orthodox.

"We look forward to continuing, under your leadership and with your
support, a close cooperation with the Church of Greece in serving
the cause of Christian unity, in responding to the manifold human
needs of our times, in dealing with the challenges addressed to the
churches by the contemporary world," Karekin II wrote in his message.
From: Baghdasarian