Archbishop of Canterbury arrives in ArmeniaSeptember 24, 2007 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - By invitation of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the Primate of the Anglican Church, The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has arrived in Armenia, the press office of Holy Echmiadzin told PanARMENIAN.Net "This visit will allow to offer up a prayer, speculate on cooperation, love and union of Christian churches. It will cement friendly ties between our churches," the Catholicos said. "Our churches have rich spiritual and intellectual heritage. Today they withstand numerous challenges. We face cultural, social, economic and political problems which need a joint solution," His Holiness Garegin II said. For his part, The Archbishop of Canterbury said, "Our churches enjoy old ties." He reminded that Randell Davidson offered help to Armenian Genocide survivors almost 100 years ago. The Anglican Church was formed in the period of Reformation in XVI century after breaking-off with Rome. The head of the Church is the King. Bishops are appointed by the Monarch's edicts. The Primate of the Anglican Church is The Archbishop of Canterbury. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |