Catholicos of All Armenians to Depart for Vatican
On Thursday, April 7, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will depart for the Vatican to participate in the funeral and burial services of Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness John Paul II of blessed memory.
Accompanying the Pontiff of All Armenians in the official representation of the Armenian Church will be His Beatitude Archbishop Mesrob Mutafian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople; His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern); and Rev. Fr. Geghard Vahuni, Staff-Bearer to His Holiness.