Lraper Church Bulletin 07/08/2005
Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
Armenian Patriarchate
TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
T: +90 (212) 517-0970, 517-0971
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THE PATRIARCH JOINS THE SWISS NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Photos at (English page)
On Wednesday evening, 3 August 2005, His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian
Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, participated in a reception
organized at the Swiss Hotel on the occasion of the Swiss National
Holiday. He was accompanied by Migirdic Ardzivyan, chairperson of
the council of the Galata St. Gregory the Illuminator Church and the
Getronagan High School.
Also present were the Governor of Istanbul, His Excellency Muammer
Guler; the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, His Eminence Rav Izhak Haleva;
heads of missions; diplomats in Istanbul; academics; and people from
the worlds of business and the arts.
Following the playing of the Turkish and Swiss national anthems,
there were speeches by His Excellency Walter Gyger, the ambassador
of Switzerland to Turkey, and by the Honourable André Brohy, the new
Swiss Consul General in Istanbul.
After their speeches a representative of the Neighbourhood Natural
Disaster Volunteers took the stage to talk about their work, which is
a joint project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
and the Istanbul Governor’s Office.
The invited guests then sat at the wooden picnic tables in the hotel
garden to sample tasty dishes from the Swiss cuisine. The Governor
of Istanbul, His Excellency Muammer Guler shared the same table with
His Beatitude the Armenian Patriarch; the Chief Rabbi of Turkey,
His Eminence Izhak Haleva; the Swiss Ambassador, His Excellency
Walter Gyger; the Director of the Kandili Observatory, Prof. Gulay
Barbarosoglu; and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Economic Development Foundation, Davut Okutcu.
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