YEREVAN, MARCH 8, ARMENPRESS. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin has offered condolences over the passing of Archbishop Mesrop Mutafyan, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
“On the occasion of the passing of Armenian Patriarch in Turkey Mesrop II Mutafyan, I offer confolences to his family, relatives and all our Armenian citizens”, Ibrahim Kalin said on Twitter.
Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Archbishop Mesrop Mutafyan has passed away after many years of battling dementia, Turkish media reported.
Mutafyan, officially known as Mesrob II, began suffering from dementia in 2008 and has been in a coma since then.
He died aged 62 at the Yedikule Holy Savior Armenian Hospital in Istanbul.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
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