PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW AND ALL RUSSIA KIRILL I TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARMENIA ON MARCH 16-18

Noyan Tapan
March 12, 2010

ETCHMIADZIN, MARCH 12, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of the Supreme
Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Patriarch
of Moscow and All Russia Kirill I will be on an official visit to
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and Armenia on March 16-18.

The Information System of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin reports
that the ceremony of welcoming Patriarch Kirill I will start at the
Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin at 3.30 pm on March 16. On this
occasion the Right Hand of Surb Grigor Lusavorich (Saint Gregory the
Illuminator) will be brought into the Mother Cathedral for the two
patriarchs, the priests and the faithful to worship it.

A prayer will begin at the Surb Grigor Lusavorich Church in Yerevan
on March 17 at 6 pm, after which Karekin II and Kirill I will give
their blessing to the faithful.