Armenian Patriarch Aram I visits Greece

(ANA-MPA via OBL News) — Armenian Orthodox Church Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia arrived in Greece on Friday morning for a two-day visit.

He was welcomed at Athens’ Airport by representatives of the Church of Greece, state officials, Armenian Church members and the ambassadors of Armenia and Lebanon.

Following a mass at the Cathedral of St. Gregory in downtown Athens, Aram was received by President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias.

On Saturday the Armenian Patriarch will meet with Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis, and will subsequently be received by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece. Later in the evening, he will officiate at the vespers held in the church of St. Jacob, in the Piraeus district of Nikea.