Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

On April 4, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; at the invitation of Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, will travel to the Vatican, where on April 5, he will participate in the unveiling ceremony for the statue of St. Gregory of Narek, which is being installed at the Vatican.

During the visit, the Catholicos of All Armenians will be accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America; His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the External Relations and Protocol Department of the Mother See; Very Rev. Fr. Shahe Ananyan, Director of Ecumenical Relations of the Mother See and Rev. Fr. Vahram Melikyan, Director of the Information Services Department of the Mother See.