GAREGIN II IS BACK FROM THE VATICAN
Support A1+!On May 13 His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians returned to the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin after visiting Pope of Rome Benedict XVI.
At the end of the visit an ecumenical praying ceremony was organized at St. Paul’s Cathedral. Both Roman-Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Church bishops and clergymen participated in it.
During the official visit Garegin II and his delegation also visited numerous Armenian and Catholic churches and sanctuaries.
On May 10 Catholicos of All Armenians together with the high-rank clergymen accompanying him left for Milan where they met the Armenian Community in Italy. On May 11-12 His Holiness Garegin II visited the Island of San Lazzaro, Venice to meet the members of the Mechitarist Congregation.