The Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Pilgrims from the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church in the USA

On October 8, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received pilgrims from St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Pasadena—a parish of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church in the USA. The group was led by the parish priest, Archpriest Fr. Sarkis Petoyan. His Holiness emphasized the importance of such visits to Armenia and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, noting that they offer Armenians from the Diaspora an opportunity to gain a closer understanding of life in the homeland, and to subsequently strengthen their own community life through a renewed faith and a spirit of patriotism.