On November 4, 2019, on the 20th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, members of the Monastic Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, including His Grace Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Canada, who had arrived from Canada to Armenia on this occasion, paid a visit to the Pontifical Residence at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and conveyed filial greetings to His Holiness.
