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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
March 1 2013
Armenian patriarch still under treatment
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
The Patriarchate has released an announcement on its official website
with regard to the condition of Turkey's Armenians patriarch, Mesrop
II, who took ill with a sudden decrease in blood pressure and was
immediately taken to Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital's
intensive care unit last weekend.
According to the announcement, the Patriarch is recovering his health
and his blood pressure has returned to its normal value. However, he
will be kept under observation for a while as a precautionary measure,
the announcement read.
Mesrop II has been suffering from frontal lobe dementia since 2007,
when he suddenly developed the disorder. Archbishop Aram AteÅ?yan was
appointed as a deputy Patriarch with the Interior Ministry's
initiative, to the negative reaction of the Armenian community.
Holding an election for a new Patriarch was also suggested, but such
an election was not realized as a new patriarch cannot be elected
until the death of the current patriarch according to the traditions
of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
March/01/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-patriarch-still-under-treatment.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42101&NewsCatID=341
From: Baghdasarian
March 1 2013
Armenian patriarch still under treatment
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
by Vercihan ZiflioÄ?lu
The Patriarchate has released an announcement on its official website
with regard to the condition of Turkey's Armenians patriarch, Mesrop
II, who took ill with a sudden decrease in blood pressure and was
immediately taken to Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital's
intensive care unit last weekend.
According to the announcement, the Patriarch is recovering his health
and his blood pressure has returned to its normal value. However, he
will be kept under observation for a while as a precautionary measure,
the announcement read.
Mesrop II has been suffering from frontal lobe dementia since 2007,
when he suddenly developed the disorder. Archbishop Aram AteÅ?yan was
appointed as a deputy Patriarch with the Interior Ministry's
initiative, to the negative reaction of the Armenian community.
Holding an election for a new Patriarch was also suggested, but such
an election was not realized as a new patriarch cannot be elected
until the death of the current patriarch according to the traditions
of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
March/01/2013
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/armenian-patriarch-still-under-treatment.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42101&NewsCatID=341
From: Baghdasarian