June 6, 2001 - 18:53 AMT
The meeting of monks in Tsakhkatsor
. The Holy Echmiatsin press service informs that with the blessing of the Katholicos of all Armenians, Garegin second, from June,1 to June,6, in Tsakhkatsor (Kotayk region, Armenia), interchurch meeting is taking place. At the meeting, West and East Christian Church representatives participate. The meeting is to find out the ways of rapprochement of the Christian churches.
Yesterday, accompanied with bishop Yeznik Petrosyan who is the head of the department of interchurch relations of the Saint throne, the meeting participants -monks, representing Roman catholic church, Kanstantinople universal patriarchate, Greek and Russian orthodox, Indian malabar, Anglican, Lutheran churches - attended The Saint Echmiatsin. The guests were received by the head of the eastern diocese of the USA, bishop Khaghak Parsamyan