Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Sahak II Mashalian will arrive in Armenia, according to a statement from the Patriarchate, posted on social media.

The Patriarch will participate in sessions of the Supreme Spiritual Council presided over by Karekin the Second Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.

Mashalian will return to Turkey on June 13, the statement said.

The first session of the Supreme Spiritual Council convened in the Mother See Holy Etchmiadzin on June 5.