His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, who was involved in a road accident during a youth pilgrimage in the region of Antalya on 1st February, is steadily recovering at the Holy Saviour Armenian Hospital in Yedikule, Istanbul. The Patriarch underwent a successful operation on 2nd February in the late afternoon and ever since has been receiving physio-therapy under the daily surveillance of Asst. Prof. Ufuk Talu, MD, of Istanbul University Medical School Department

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PRESS RELEASE Armenian Patriarchate 34130 Kumkapi Istanbul, Turkey THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH'S PILGRIMAGE INTERRUPTED BY ROAD ACCIDENT Participating in the pilgrimage organised by the youth of the community, His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and all Turkey, and his entourage had a road accident on a mountain slope about five km north of Antalya. Altogether 57 Armenian pilgrims from Istanbul went on a four day pilgrimage to Antalya in southern Turkey, visiting sites where St. Paul

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.c The Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - The Armenian patriarch of Istanbul, Mesrob II, suffered a broken foot and nose in a traffic accident in southern Turkey on Sunday, news reports said. Mesrob was taken to a hospital in the southern Mediterranean resort province of Antalya, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening, private CNN-Turk television reported. The circumstances behind the crash were not immediately clear. Mesrob is the spiritual leader of most of the country's estimated

Ermeni Kilisesi'nin en kýdemli episkoposlarýndan olan Mýsýr Ermeni Kilisesi Ruhani Önderi Baþepiskopos Zaven Çinçinyan, 74 yaþýndayken 20 Ocak 2004 günü sabah erken saatlerde ebedi istirahatine girdi. Baþepiskoposun cenaze töreni, aralarýnda Romanya ve Bulgaristan Ruhani Önderi Baþepiskopos Dirayr Mardigyan ve Eçmiyadzin'den Baþepiskopos Nerses Bozabalyan'ýn da bulunduðu çok sayýda üst rütbeli ruhaninin de katýlýmlarý ile 25 Ocak günü Kahire'deki Surp Krikor Lusavoriç

Archbishop Zaven Chinchinian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Egypt, entered his eternal rest in the early morning of January 20, 2004. The Archbishop was one of the most senior Bishops of the Armenian Church. He was 74 years old. Funeral services for the Archbishop will take place on January 25 in Cairo, in St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Cathedral of the Diocese. Bringing their participation to the funeral services from among the high-ranking clergy will be Archbishop Dirayr Mardigian,

PRESS RELEASE Catholicosate of Cilicia Media Relations Office Tel: (04) 410001, 410003 Fax: (04) 419724 E- mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cathcil.org/ PO Box 70 317 Antelias-Lebanon Live television broadcast of Christmas Mass via satellite from Antelias - January 6th, 2004 LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) will broadcast live on television via satellite the Christmas Mass celebration presided over by His Holiness Aram I, from St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral

Yýlbaþý akþamýný Ruhani Kurul Baþkaný Episkopos Aram Srpazan ve Patriklik Kilisesi din görevlisi Peder Drtad ve aileleri ile birlikte Patrikhane'de geçiren Patrik Mesrob II Hazretleri, 31 Aralýk gecesi saat tam 23:50'de Patriklik Kilisesi'ne geçti. Patriðimiz, mum ve kandil ýþýklarý altýnda, farklý semtlerden gelen altmýþ kadar kilise üyesiyle birlikte "En Yücelerdeki Tanrý'ya Ýzzet" ilahisini söylerken, saat tam 24:00'te Patriklik Kilisesi'nin büyük kampanasý coþkuyla