RA President To Attend Alexy II Funeral

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RA PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ALEXY II FUNERAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
08.12.2008 18:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan departed for the
Russian capital Monday to attend the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow
and All Russia Alexy II, who died at the age of 79 after a lingering
heart ailment.

Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will also be present at the
mourning ceremony, the RA leader’s press office told

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