ETCHMIADZIN, OCTOBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. His Holiness Patriarch Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, is paying a pastor visit to the Armenian Western diocese of the United States of America between September 30 and October 3. His Holiness will conduct a number of events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the diocese, as well as will consecrate the Mother altar of the Saint Gregory the Illuminator church of Pasadena in the Eastern diocese. The solemn opening ceremony of the cultural center of the Armenian community of Hollywood will also take place. The Catholicos of All Armenians will be in the Armenian Eastern diocese of the United States on a pastor visit between October 3 and November 2. During this visit His Holiness will visit different Armenian communities and parishes, as well as will have official and interchurch meetings. According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, this is the second pastor visit of His Holiness to the U.S. Eastern diocese: the first visit was paid in 2001. During the visit the Catholicos of All Armenians will be accompanied by Archbishop Arshak Khachatrian, the Head of the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, as well as by clergyman Ktritch Devejian, the responsible for information in foreign languages in the Information Services, and monk Hovnan Hakobian from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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