Armenian churches to offer requiem service in memory of Mesrop Archbishop Mutafyan
On March 10, following the Divine Liturgy in the Saint Gayane Church of Holy Etchmiadzin, a requiem service will be offered under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, in memory of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrop Archbishop Mutafyan.
To remind, Archbishop Mesrop Mutafyan passed away on Friday at Holy Savior Armenian Hospital in Istanbul at the age of 63. He had been incapacitated since 2008 with an early onset of dementia.
Mesrop Mutafyan was elected Patriarch in 1998, replacing the late Karekin II. In 2008, Archbishop Aram Atesyan was appointed to fulfil Mesrop’s duties as the acting patriarch.