The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill was met at the Zvartnots airport by the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, 12 bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), the minister of education and science of Armenia Armen Ashotyan, ambassadors of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania in Armenia.

From the airport the Patriarch Kirill went to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Headquarters of the Armenian Church, press office of Echmiadzin reported, where a welcoming ceremony is held. During the ceremony one of the most significant shrines of the Armenian Apostolic Church –The Right Hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator will be introduced to the Cathedral of Holy Echmiadzin.

Then the Patriarch will lay a wreath at the monument to Russian soldiers killed in the battle for Echmiadzin near Oshakan during the Russian-Persian war of 1826-1828.

In the evening of the delegation will attend a concert at the Echmiadzin House of Youth.

Memorandum of cooperation between the cities of Sergiev Posad and Echmiadzin will be signed in the Throne Room of the residence of the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church.