PRIMATE OF DIOCESE OF IRAQ TO VISIT WERSTERN DIOCESE OF ARMENIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA

NOYAN TAPAN

Ju ne 19

ARMENIANS TODAY

His Eminence Archbishop Avak Assadourian, the Primate of the Diocese
of Iraq, will visit the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of
North America.

The high ranking guest clergy will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and
deliver the sermon according to the following schedule: St. Andrews
Armenian Church, Santa Clara Valley, on June 22, 2008, St. Gregory
the Illuminator Armenian Church, Pasadena, on June 29, 2008, St. James
Armenian Church, Los Angeles, on July 6, 2008.

The Primate of Iraq has previously visited the Western Diocese and
on several occasions celebrated the Divine Liturgy and delivered the
sermon to the faithful in a number of parishes.

It should also be mentioned that His Eminence was one of the
high-ranking clergymen accompanying His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme
Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, during the Pontiff’s May
2008 visit to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.