30 September 2015. On Friday 25 September, following ecumenical prayers at the Bern Cathedral, the President of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (FEPS), Dr. Gottfried Locher, offered a dinner in honour of His Holiness Aram I. The guests included the Ambassador of France to Switzerland, the Roman Catholic and Old Catholic Bishops, the Chargé…
30 September 2015. On Saturday 26 October His Holiness went to Hundwil, accompanied by his delegation, comprising of Archbishop Khoren Toghramadjian, Primate of the Diocese of Greece, Very Rev. Housig Mardirossian, the Ecumenical Relations Officer, Rev Bedros Manuelian, Head of the Audiovisual Department, Mr Hagop Pakradouni, a member of the Lebanese Parliament, Mrs Teny Pirri-Simonian,…
26 September 2015. On Saturday, the Pan Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee met in Yerevan under the leadership of H.E. Serge Sarkissian the President of the Republic of Armenia. One of the aims of the meeting was to evaluate the activities of the year and plan the follow-up. As His Holiness Aram I could not…
26 September 2015. In a message addressed to the Presidents of the Republics of Armenia and Karabagh, His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II, the Catholic and Protestant leaders, His Holiness Aram I transmitted his pontifical blessings, expressed his brotherly love and apologized for his absence. He reminded the Committee that his visit to Switzerland with the…
28 September 2015. During his official visit to Switzerland, His Holiness Aram I was informed of the death of Armenian soldiers killed by Azeri fire on the Azerbaijan and Karabagh boarder. After expressing his fatherly love and condolences to the families of the victims, he stated, “I heard with great sadness the death of…
