Catholicos of All Armenians Left For Italy
On April 25, at the invitation of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Vatican, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; departed for Florence (Italy) to participate in the "Festival of Religions".
During the ceremony, His Holiness will deliver a special lecture entitled "The Role of Religions in the Contemporary World" at the St. Minas Cathedral in Florence.
His Holiness is accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Khajak Parsamyan, Patriarchal Delegate of Western Europe and representative of the Catholicos of All Armenians in Vatican; Very Rev. Fr. Shahe Ananyan, Director of the Ecumenical Relations Department of the Mother See and Rev. Fr. Anania Tsaturyan, staff-bearer of His Holiness.