Chronicle of events: Pope visits Armenia
The plane of the pontiff landed at Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport on June 24.The official motto of his visit is “The Visit to the First Christian Nation”. Armenian News-NEWS.am presents details of the visit.
- President of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan with his spouse and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II met the Holy Father near the plane.
- Catholicos Karekin II and Pope Francis delivered speeches and read psalms in Etchmiadzin Cathedral.
- Catholicos Karekin II: Pope’s visit is a renewed testament to the relationships of our Churches. Our people remember with gratitude the solemn Mass celebrated in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Basilica of St. Peter.
- Pope Francis: For Armenia, faith in Christ has not been like a garment to be donned or doffed as circumstances or convenience dictate, but an essential part of its identity.
- The Central Bank of Armenia has made a commemorative medal dedicated to His Holiness Pope Francis ‘s visit to the Republic of Armenia.