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LRAPER - PATRIARCH IN THE USA
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As previously announced His Beatitude Patriarch
Mesrob II of Istanbul and all Turkey will be in
the United States between 27 September and
11 October 1999.
Invited by Their Eminences Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian of New York and Archbishop Vatche
Hovsepian of Los Angeles, His Beatitude will
celebrate the Divine Liturgy on 3 and 10 October
in NY and LA respectively and will participate
in efforts to raise funds for the repair and renovation
projects of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul,
following the earthquake that devastated North-
western Anatolia on 17 August.
The schedule of His Beatitude will be:
27 Sep - 5 Oct / New York
5 Oct - 6 Oct / Dallas
6 Oct- 11 Oct / Los Angeles.
His Beatitude will be accompanied by the
Revd. Fr. Sahag Mashalian and, the Lord
willing, will be back in Istanbul on 12 October 1999.
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