Wednesday, March 20 2019 14:11

ArmInfo. Permanent Representative of the RA to the BSEC represented Armenia at the  farewell ceremony of the Patriarch of Constantinople of the Armenian  Apostolic Church Mesrop II Mutafyan in Istanbul. Press secretary  of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan stated this on March  20 at a press conference in Yerevan.

At the same time, she stressed that the Permanent Representative of  Armenia to the BSEC at the farewell ceremony conveyed condolences to  the President and the Prime Minister of Armenia.

To note, on March 17, the funeral of the Patriarch of Constantinople  of the Armenian Apostolic Church Mesrop II Mutafyan was held in  Istanbul. The funeral ceremony was held in the Surb Astvatsatsin  (Holy Mother of God) Temple in Istanbul. Representatives of the  church, government, intelligentsia, including MP Garo Paylan,  gathered in the temple. Patriarch of Jerusalem Nurhan Manukyan led  the service. The body of the late patriarch was buried in the  Armenian cemetery in the Sisli district.

Mesrop Mutafyan died on March 8 at the age of 62 years. The Patriarch  of Constantinople suffered for many years from an incurable disease,  due to which he was not able to manage the affairs of the  patriarchate. Locum tenens of the throne was Archbishop Aram  Ateshyan.