YEREVAN, JUNE 22. ARMINFO. June 21 Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Shugaryan sent the message of Roman Pope Benedict XVI to the personnel of the middle age Armenian sailing vessel “Cilicia.” In his message, Benedict XVI, in particular, blesses the personnel of “Cilicia” praying the Virgin for new and new displays of heavenly assistance and patronage.
A member of the personnel Armen Nazaryan informs ARMINFO that on the invitation of Roman Pope Benedict XVI, Cilicia Captain Karen Balayan and chronicler and sailor Zoriy Balayan participated in a mass held by the Pontiff at the St.Peter Square in Vatican.
On May 9 2005 from the Armenian island of St.Lazar in Italy the second stage of Cilicia expedition started. Within a 1.5 month, “Cilicia” passed the Adriatic, Ionic and Tirrean Seas of the Mediterranean. Reaching the northern port Genua, the expedition hereby fully outran the Apeninian Peninsula visiting all the important sea ports of Italy, visited by diplomats and merchants of the Armenian Cilician State. At the beginning of both stages, the personnel was received and blessed by His Holiness Karekin II. The tour of Armenian sailors was covered by Italian mass media, including television.
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