His Holiness Karekin II participates in Second Inter-Religious Peacemaking Forum
01.03.2004
On March 1, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, departed for Moscow to participate in the Second Inter-Religious Peacemaking Forum, scheduled for March 2-4 in the Russian capital.
Participating in the Forum will be spiritual leaders from the CIS countries, clergy, representatives of inter-religious international organizations, as well as state officials, scientists, academicians and public figures. His Holiness is accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Barkev Martirossian, Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh; His Grace Bishop Yeznik Petrossian, Secretary for the Department of Inter-Church Relations for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin; His Grace Bishop Navasard Ktchoyan, Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; His Grace Bishop Yezras Nersissian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of New Nakhijevan and Russia; Rev. Fr. Vahram Melikian, Director of Information Services of the Mother See; Mr. Rafael Papayan, Member of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia and Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Mother See; Mr. Karen Nazarian, Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia; and Mr. Levon Mkrtchian, Member of the National Assembly (Parliament) of the Republic of Armenia.
The main goal of the Inter-Religious Forum, convened for the second time since 2000, is to contribute to the maintaining and fostering of peace between the religions and the peoples of the CIS by means of cooperation and dialogue, as they seek to foster stability and unity in society through the strengthening of traditional spiritual values.
On the agenda of the forum is the formation of an Inter-religious Council comprised of more than 20 spiritual leaders.
