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    PRESS RELEASE
    Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
    Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
    Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
    Tel: (374 1) 517 163
    Fax: (374 1) 517 301
    E-Mail: [email protected]
    May 3, 2004

    His Holiness Karekin II Departs for Pontifical Visit to South America

    On the morning of May 3, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
    Catholicos of All Armenians, departed from the Mother See of Holy
    Etchmiadzin for his first Pontifical Visit to the Armenian Dioceses of South
    America.

    The first stop of His Holiness will be Sao Paolo, the headquarters of the
    Armenian Church Diocese of Brazil. During the visit to Brazil from May 4 to
    9, His Holiness will also travel to Osasco, where there is a large Armenian
    community.

    >From May 10-12, His Holiness will visit the Armenian Church Diocese of
    Uruguay and will be with the Armenian faithful in the capital city of
    Montevideo.

    The Pontifical Visit of His Holiness will conclude in the Armenian Church
    Diocese of Argentina. From May 13-25, His Holiness will visit the cities of
    Buenos Aires and Cordoba.

    During the course of the visit, His Holiness will bring his message and
    Pontifical blessing to the faithful Armenians of South America. The Pontiff
    of All Armenians will celebrate Divine Liturgies in various Armenian
    communities, will meet with representatives of Sister Churches, and be
    received by high ranking state officials.

    His Holiness Karekin II is accompanied by His Grace Bishop Navasard Kjoyan,
    Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese; Rev. Fr. Kyuregh
    Vardanian, Staff-bearer to His Holiness; Mr. Vilen Hakobian, Rector of
    Yerevan Medical University; and Mr. Vrezh Markosian, President of the
    "Tigran Mets" Publishing Company.

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