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CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN INDIA IN RE-ANOINTMENT CEREMONY OF TANGRA ARMENIAN CHURCH
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 28 2007
DELHI, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The re-anointment
ceremony of the Armenian church of the district of Tangra, the city
of Calcutta, will take place on February 28, presided by Catholicos
of All Armenians.
On the previous day, February 26, His Holiness Karekin II Catholicos
of All Armenians visited the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in
New Delhi.
Mr.Hayk Sukias, the primate of the Calcutta Church Council also
accompanied His Holiness.
As it is mentioned in the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the
Press Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Republic of
Armenia established official diplomatic relations with India in 1992,
and the RA Embassy in Delhi was opened in 1999. This is the first
Patriarchal visit to India during the last 40 years. The Patriarchal
visit of Late Vazgen I Catholicos of All Armenians to India took
place in 1963.
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 28 2007
DELHI, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The re-anointment
ceremony of the Armenian church of the district of Tangra, the city
of Calcutta, will take place on February 28, presided by Catholicos
of All Armenians.
On the previous day, February 26, His Holiness Karekin II Catholicos
of All Armenians visited the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in
New Delhi.
Mr.Hayk Sukias, the primate of the Calcutta Church Council also
accompanied His Holiness.
As it is mentioned in the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the
Press Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Republic of
Armenia established official diplomatic relations with India in 1992,
and the RA Embassy in Delhi was opened in 1999. This is the first
Patriarchal visit to India during the last 40 years. The Patriarchal
visit of Late Vazgen I Catholicos of All Armenians to India took
place in 1963.