CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS LEFT FOR FRANCE ON VICARIAL VISITDecember 7, 2001 - 23:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yesterday the vicarial visit of Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II to France started. In the course of a fortnight visit the Supreme Patriarch will meet with representatives of the Armenian communities of Paris, Marseilles, Lyons and a number of other cities. Tomorrow the Catholicos will celebrate a liturgy in St. Hovhannes Armenian church in Paris. The same day the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger will participate in the church motet ceremony in the Paris Blessed Virgin Temple. Meeting of Garegin II with President of France Jacques Chirac and Chariman of Senate Christian Poncelet is fixed for December 10. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |