CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS PRESENTS IOSIF KOBZON WITH ST SAHAK-ST
MESROP ORDER
ECHMIADZIN, December 4 (Noyan Tapan). On December 3, Catholicos of All
Armenians Karekin II received the Russian political and social figure
Iosif Kobzon in the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and presented him
with the St Sahak – St Mesrop order and the kondak – official epistly
of the Catholicos on conferring this high award of the Armenian
Apostolic Church upon him for his services to Armenia and the Armenian
people. The kondak was published by His Holiness a year ago. “You have
been to Armenia many times and every time you were a welcome guest in
the Land of biblical Ararat. Our people’s respect and sympathy for you
is great both as a talented singer and artist and as a political and
social figure. In Armenia people remember with love all your visits
and with gratitude – all charitable concerts and programs organized
and implemented by you for our people. During your last visit you also
showed support for our people by going once again to the disaster
regions on Remembrance Day of the December 7, 1988 earthquake victims
and giving new hopes and encouragement to the people there who live in
difficult conditions,” the kondak reads. Iosif Kobzon expressed
gratitude to His Holiness for conferring this high award upon him and
promised to do his best in order to strengthen even more the age-long
friendship between the Russian and Armenian peoples. According to the
Inforamtion System of the Mother See, the the monks and leaders of the
Mother See, as well as guests from Moscow attended the order award
ceremony.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress