Catholicos of All Armenians to Depart for Ukraine
On 16 March, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; will depart for Ukraine, to pay a two-day visit to the Armenian Diocese of Ukraine. One 17 March, the consecration of the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church will be offered.
The service of Blessing of the Foundation will be offered for the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Ukraine, on 16 March in Kiev, under the Presidency of His Holiness Karekin II.
During the visit, His Holiness will be accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the Department of External Relations and Protocol of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin; His Eminence Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin; His Grace Bishop Tatev Hakobyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Romania; Rev. Fr. Aghan Yernjakyan, Staff Bearer to His Holiness; and Rev. Fr. Vahram Melikyan, Director of the Information Services Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.