The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church begins visit to Rome
Posted by hayaser on Tuesday, May 06 @ 23:32:27 PDT (13 reads)
Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The head of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today for a visit that
will continue through May 9.
The
Armenian patriarch-- who will be accompanied by 18 bishops and 75
members of the Armenian laity-- will be formally greeted by Pope
Benedict XVI (bio - news)
at the regular Wednesday papal audience on May 7.
Catholicos Karekin
will meet privately with the Pontiff on Friday, May 9.
During
his stay in Rome the Armenian patriarch will pray at the statue of St.
Gregory the Illuminator in the patio of the Vatican basilica. (St.
Gregory brought the Christian faith to Armenia and is the patron saint
of the Armenian Church.)
He will receive an honorary doctorate from the
Pontifical Salesian University, visit the Pontifical Armenian College,
and participate in a conference at the Pontifical Oriental Institute on
"holy sacrifice in the Armenian tradition."
Ecumenical
ties between the Holy See and the Armenian Apostolic Church have been
extremely close since 1996, when Pope John Paul II (bio - news)
and Catholicos Karekin I, the predecessor to the current Armenian
patriarch, signed a joint statement effectively ending the theological
dispute that had divided the two churches for 15 centuries.
Just before
the death of Karekin I, Pope John Paul II wrote to the ailing Armenian
prelate, promising his continued efforts to bring about
"re-establishment of full communion" between the Armenian Apostolic
Church and the Holy See.
When
Karekin II was elected in 1999 to head the Armenian Church, he promptly
pledged his own efforts to pursue reunion with Rome. During a visit to
Rome in 2000 he signed another joint statement with Pope John Paul,
affirming that the doctrines of the two churches are "complimentary
rather than in opposition."
Posted by hayaser on Monday, May 05 @ 13:23:56 PDT (9 reads)
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) has
officially joined the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, bringing
the total Caucus Membership to 156 lawmakers to date.
“I am proud to join the Armenian Caucus along with so many of my
colleagues in Congress,” Representative Perlmutter told the Armenian
Assembly of America. “This Caucus will help me to better represent
Armenian-Americans in the seventh congressional district and Colorado,
while strengthening U.S.-Armenian relations.”
“The Assembly welcomes Congressman Perlmutter’s membership to this
important body and looks forward to working with him and his staff to
advance Armenian-American issues in Congress,” said Executive Director
Bryan Ardouny.
Perlmutter also supports U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide
and is a cosponsor of House Resolution 106. He serves on the House
Financial Services and Homeland Security Committees.
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