REQUIEM SERVICE FOR REPOSE OF SOULS OF IRANIAN PLANE CRASH VICTIMS TO BE HELD IN MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN ON JULY 18

Noyan Tapan
July 17, 2009

ETCHMIADZIN, JULY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. "This tragic event is a deep
sorrow and grief to all of us. We together with our people grieve over
the loss of the crash victims," is said in the speech of condolence
that the Supreme Patriarch, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II
made in connection with the crash of the plane bound for Yerevan from
Tehran. On behalf of the priests of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
he expressed condolences to the families and relatives of those killed
in the crash.

According to the Information Service of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin, a requiem service for the repose of the souls of the
Armenians killed in the crash will be held in the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin at 11 am on July 18.