The Catholicos of All-Armenians, Karekin II, is on a visit to South America today, Armenia Today reports.
The catholicos will visit the Brazil Eparchy on May 6-10, Uruguay on May 10-12, the Armenian Eparchy in Argentina on May 12-21 and Armenian communities in Chili and Venezuela on May 21-25.
Karekin II is assisted by Archbishop Ovnan Terteryan, head of the West-American Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Artak Terteryan, inspector of the Echmiadzin, hieromonk Anania Tsaturyan, Adam Makaryan, secretary of the catholicos’s chancellery and James Galustyan, a philanthropist of Echmiadzin.