Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Catholicos Of Armenian Apostolic Church Of Cilicia To Visit Rome

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Catholicos Of Armenian Apostolic Church Of Cilicia To Visit Rome

    CATHOLICOS OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CILICIA TO VISIT ROME

    Zenit.org, Italy
    June 2 2014

    Aram I, Pope Francis to Pray Together, Visit Tomb of Saint Peter

    Vatican City, June 02, 2014 (Zenit.org) | 106 hits

    On June 5, Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
    Cilicia, will visit Rome to meet with Pope Francis. Aram I was elected
    Catholicos of Cilicia of Antelias in 1995.

    The Armenian Church consists of two catholicates and two patriarchates,
    and around six million faithful. The two catholicates of Etchmiadzin
    and Antelias are in full communion, but they are independent from an
    administrative point of view. The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
    and the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople refer to Etchmiadzin
    for spiritual questions.

    Following Vatican Council II, new relations have developed between
    the Catholic Church and the Armenian Church. Representatives of the
    two Catholicates of Etchmiadzin and Antelias are members of the Mixed
    International Commission for theological dialogue between the Catholic
    Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.

    Aram I visited the Church of Rome and met with Pope John Paul II from
    23 to 26 January 1997. More recently, the Catholicos visited Pope
    Benedict XVI in November 2008, and on that occasion they presided
    over an ecumenical prayer together.

    The Catholicos will meet Pope Francis later this week and they will
    pray together. They will visit the Pontifical Council for Promoting
    Christian Unity and various other dicasteries of the Roman Curia.

    Finally, they will visit the tomb of St. Peter and pray before the
    statue of St. Gregory the Illuminator, which is located on the north
    courtyard of the Vatican Basilica.

    http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/catholicos-of-armenian-apostolic-church-of-cilicia-to-visit-rome

Working...
X