The Chancellery of the Armenian Patriarchate announced that His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, will be leaving for Cologne, Germany, on Tuesday, 16 August, and will be returning to his See on Monday, 22 August.
The Patriarch has been invited to Germany by Their Eminences Cardinal Karl Lehmann, Bishop of Mainz & President of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, in order to participate in the 20th World Youth Day.
On Tuesday, 16 August, Patriarch Mesrob will be joining the youths from the Catholic Students’ Parish of Muenster.
On Wednesday, 17 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in a stage programme titled “Study for Love and Justice” – a talk focusing on Christian-Muslim dialogue and reconciliation with Martin Buchholz of the West German Broadcasting Corporation.
On Thursday, 18 August, the Patriarch will be taking part in another public talk, this time with His Excellency Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff of Aachen, aboard the “Friend-Ship” of the Catholic Students’ Parish of Muenster. The theme of the talk will be: “We are all children of
Abraham: Christians and Muslims – can we live together in peace?
Inspired by the Gospel, reconciliation can be found.”
On Friday, 19 August, His Beatitude the Patriarch will be participating in the International Conference of Delegations for Pastoral work at Universities, along with His Eminence Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, Prefect of Catholic Education, Vatican, and His Excellency Bishop Mussinghoff.
On Saturday, 20 August, in the late afternoon, the Patriarch will attend the Vigil with the youth and with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
On Sunday, 21 August, in the morning, His Beatitude will attend the Holy Mass celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
On Monday, 22 August, in the afternoon, His Beatitude the Patriarch will be returning to Istanbul.
In Cologne, Patriarch Mesrob will be assisted by the Revd. Fr. Drtad Uzunyan, His Beatitude’s staff-bearer; Ms. Jaisy Manthuruthil and Mr.
Michael Bruening, both young guides have been assigned to accompany him.
He will also have a chance to meet His Grace Archbishop Karekin Bekciyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany – a graduate of the Holy Cross Patriarchal Seminary (Surp Hac Tbrevank) in Istanbul.
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