Russian Patriarch Kirill I to pay official visit to Armenia

March 3, 2010 - 11:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Patriarch Kirill I will pay a 2-day official visit to Armenia on the invitation of Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II. The agenda of the visit was discussed at March 2 Supreme Spiritual Council meeting.

The Russian Patriarch is expected to conclude Sergiev Posad – Etchmiadzin collaboration agreement. He will also attend the 1826-1828 Russo-Persian War and Armenian Genocide memorials, as well as Armenian Genocide Museum Institute.

He is scheduled to hold a meeting with Armenia’s Russian Community representatives and to participate in YSU-hosted presentation of his own books in Armenian translation and to attend the foundation laying ceremony of Russian orthodox church in Yerevan.

A meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is also on the agenda.

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