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    ISTANBUL (Lraper Church Bulletin - 03/04/2005) - His Beatitude Mesrob
    II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul & All Turkey, addressed a letter of
    condolences to His Eminence Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo,
    Camerlengo of the Holy See of Rome.

    The following is the Patriarch's letter:

    "It is with profoundly deep sentiments of sympathy that I write to you
    these humble words of cordial condolences, on the passing of His
    Holiness Pope John Paul II, the Holy Father, the `Papa' of countless
    numbers of Christians all over the globe, Roman Catholic or not.

    It is impossible for me, as a person, and as a junior brother of his
    in the episcopate, to forget the many encounters with him and the
    opportunities we had to pray together. His visit to Turkey, and the
    Armenian Patriarchal See of Istanbul, in November 1979, will never be
    forgotten by our faithful.

    The Holy Father leaves a grand legacy of selfless faith in God, of
    effective witness to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, of
    peace-making amongst nations, of dialogue and reconciliation between
    Christian denominations and other religions, of upholding morality and
    justice for all peoples in this age and time.

    We, in the Armenian Church, feel very close at this time of Paschal
    mystery to our brother bishops in the Roman Catholic Church and to all
    Roman Catholic brothers and sisters in the world, at the passing of
    this great Christian Pastor.

    This morning, on the Second Sunday of the Quinquagesima, I presided
    over the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Mother-of-God Patriarchal Church
    here in Kumkapý, Istanbul, to pray for the repose of the soul of
    Pope John Paul II - a beloved and loyal friend of the Armenian Church
    and people.

    May he rest in peace.
    In the Risen Lord,
    MESROB II
    Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul & All Turkey"

    Patriarch Mesrob sent letters likewise to Their Eminences Cardinal
    Angelo Sodano (former Secretary of State of the Holy See of Rome),
    Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (former Prefect of Congregation for the
    Doctrine of the Faith), Cardinal Walter Kasper (former Prefect of the
    Pontifical Council for Christian Unity) and His Excellency Archbishop
    Edmund Farhad, Nuncio of the Holy See in Ankara.

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    LRAPER Church Bulletin 03/04/2005
    Armenian Patriarchate
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