Pontifical visit to South America

02.06.2011

On May 5, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, departed Armenia to pay a Pontifical visit to South America.The Armenian Pontiff paid a Pontifical visit to the Armenian Diocese of Brazil from May 6 to 10. His Holiness visited the Armenian Diocese of Uruguay from May 10 to 12 and from May 12 to 21 -- to the Armenian Diocese of Argentina. The Catholicos of All Armenians also visited the Armenian Communities of Chile and Venezuela from May 21 to 25.