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Presiding Bishop visits Armenia: Photo Gallery
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Photo: Penny JenningsPresiding Bishop in Los Angeles
Sharing in interfaith panel at L.A. Baha'i Center are (from left) Judge Dorothy Nelson, Judge James Nelson, Muzammil Siddiqi, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, the Venerable Wolpola Piyananda, Rabbi Harold Schuweiss and Swani Atmavidyananda. For more information on the events, see the article in our Latest News section.   (Photo: Penny Jennings)
 
Photo: Barbara BraverPresiding Bishop in Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
The Presiding Bishop was received by government officials, including the second ranking member of the Armenian government. The Presiding Bishop was received by Artur Baghdassaryan, the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia who spoke about the importance of partnerships between Christian churches, particularly in places such as Armenia which are largely surrounded by the Muslim world. The Chairman is shown here presenting a welcome gift. Bishop Griswold and his party also visited the newly opened American Embassy to meet with Ambassador John Evans, incidentally an Episcopalian, who described how the embassy aims to be a resource to the host country with cultural exhibits and computer training among its services.   (Photo: the Rev. Peter Casparian)
 
Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop's trip to Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
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Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia
At the Armenian Genocide Memorial, which commemorates the death of more than 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 at the hands of Turks of the Ottoman Empire, the Presiding Bishop wrote in the book of remembrance, laid a wreath in memory of the victims and offered a prayer.    (Photo: the Rev. Peter Casparian)
 
Almighty and all merciful God,
your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ
suffered death upon the cross and
rose to life again that we, through baptism,
might live in the glorious light of his resurrection.
We pray for the souls of your sons and daughters
who perished in the Armenian Genocide.
May all that they suffered and endured
be acknowledged throughout the world
and lead us into the ways of justice and peace.
And may the prayers of the Holy and ever-blessed
Virgin Mary, the Theotokos, and St. Gregory the Illuminator,
together with those of all the martyrs and saints of ages past,
strengthen and upbuild the church,
in this land and in the Diaspora,
making it an ever clearer sign of your kingdom
and an instrument of your grace and reconciling love.
This we pray through Jesus Christ our Savior
who with you, and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns,
one God, now and forever.

Amen.

The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church, USA
July 5, 2005
Armenia Genocide Memorial, Yerevan




Photo: the Rev. Peter CasparianPresiding Bishop in Armenia meets with Church Youth Group
A church youth group met with the Presiding Bishop and impressed him with their questions and their enthusiasm.   (Photo: the Rev. Peter Casparian)