{"id":17956,"date":"2016-06-25T23:10:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T23:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=17956"},"modified":"2016-06-25T23:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T23:10:33","slug":"ecumenic-prayer-honoring-pope-ends-in-yerevan-central-square-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=17956","title":{"rendered":"Ecumenic prayer honoring Pope ends in Yerevan central square (updates)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>5:11pm\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/strong>A concert in the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Republic Square concluded the ceremony honoring the Pope&#8217;s historic journey to Armenia.<\/p>\n<p><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ivideo.am\/embede.php?src=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bc_7b0Y6AW4&amp;w=640&amp;h=360&amp;domain=www.tert.am\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:55pm:\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/strong>The Catholicos also expressed his regret that millions of people survive terrorism and wars, often losing their lives, with children belonging to\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0different religions and beliefs experiencing torture in different parts of the world.<br \/>\n\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Our people is now living in conditions of undeclared war, paying a high price for peace on our country\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s borders, the Nagorno-Karabakh people\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s right to free life in their cradle,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Garegin II said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:39pm\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/strong>After his prayer to God, the Armenian religious patriarch delivered his address to the Christian believers.<br \/>\n\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093How lucky are those peace-lovers who are fortunate enough to be named sons of God . Your holiness Jesus Christ, Respected President of the Republic, dear pious people,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d said the Catholicos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:30pm:<\/strong> The concert is over and Pope Francis, accompanied by Garegn II, approached the platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n6:45 pm\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/strong>While the invitees were taking their seats, and the people around were\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0gathering\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0to listen to the prayers, the State Youth Orchestr played\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0a concert.<br \/>\nArmenia\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s President Serzh Sargsyan and his wife Rita Sargsyan, as well as government officials, arrived at Republic Square.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/Capture44.png?1466867491878\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/Capture7.png?1466865896317\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/Capture1_1.png?1466867057249\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/Capture_1.png?1466867043124\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/9.png?1466865834529\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tert.am\/files\/11\/June%2025\/pope\/111\/12\/13\/14\/14\/Capture1.png?1466865860084\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yerevan\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Republic Square is now\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0hosting an ecumenic assemly\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0to honor Pope Francis&#8217; historic journey to Armenia.<\/strong><br \/>\nA Peace Prayer will follow the ceremony.<br \/>\nEarlier today, the pontific visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial accompanied by President Serzh Sargsyan and Catholicos of All Armenian Garegin II.\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0He also visited the Memory Park to bless the tree planted in his honor.<br \/>\nThe pontific later delivered a prayer\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0with the Catholicos in the Vardanants Square of\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Gyumri.<\/p>\n<p>After the open-air ceremony, the pontific toured the second largest\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0in Popemobile, greeting\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0the enthusiastic residents who had taken to the streets to meet with him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also visited a\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0nunnery of the Armenian Sisters of Immaculate Conception and the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God (aka Cathedral of Seven Wounds). A visit to the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Catholic Church concluded the Pope&#8217;s\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0trip to Gyumri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>5:11pm\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0A concert in the\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0Republic Square concluded the ceremony honoring the Pope&#8217;s historic journey to Armenia. &nbsp; 5:55pm:\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0The Catholicos also expressed his regret that millions of people survive terrorism and wars, often losing their lives, with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/?p=17956\" title=\"Ecumenic prayer honoring Pope ends in Yerevan central square (updates)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17957,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions\/17957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaeurop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}