Posted on 04/22/2015 6:11:07 AM PDT by OK Sun
YEREVAN, 15 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. On April 20, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, the Leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church His Holiness Tawadros II will arrive in Armenia and participate in the events of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated against the Armenians by the Turks. As “Armenpress” reports, citing the Egyptian news outlets, His Holiness will leave for Europe from Armenia to participate in the conference of Coptic Diaspora. Tawadros II will return to Egypt from his trip in about a month.
In his two years tenure, he paid Pontifical visit to a number of European and Arab countries, including Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Finland and Vatican.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II was born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman on November 4th, 1952 in Mansoura. His father was an irrigation engineer and his family moved around during his childhood from Mansoura to Sohag and then to Damanhour.
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