His Holiness Karekin II Departs for Pontifical Visit to the Diocese of Gougark
On the morning of September 6, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, departed from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for a Pontifical Visit to the Diocese of Gougark in northeast Armenia. During the three-day trip, His Holiness will visit a number of cities, towns and villages of the Tavush Region to meet with the faithful, preside during church services and give his pontifical blessing.
The Catholicos of All Armenians is accompanied by His Grace Bishop Navasard Kjoyan, Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; His Grace Bishop Sion Adamian, Primate of the Diocese of Armavir; and Rev. Fr. Tiran Petrosian, Staff-bearer to His Holiness.
