Acting Armenian Patriarch Aram Ateşyan resigns, paving way for elections
Hurriyet Daily News
Aram Ateşyan, the acting patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of
Turkey, resigned on May 24, paving the way for patriarchal elections,
Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos has reported. Ateşyan, who had been
appointed to the post by the state seven years ago when Archbishop
Mesrob II Mutafyan fell ill and could no longer perform his duties,
announced his resignation on May 24 during (...)