OBAMA GREETED BY ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP IN BETHLEHEM
NEWS.AM
March 22, 2013 | 17:38
U.S. President Barack Obama visited on Friday the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem.
He was accompanied by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Secretary
of State John Kerry and other officials.
In the church, he was greeted by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos
III, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Franciscan Custodian of the
Holy Land, and Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Sevan Gharibian, NBC
News reported.
After his visit to Bethlehem, Obama will head to Jordan where he will
meet with King Abdullah II.
The Church of the Nativity is administered jointly by Roman Catholic,
Greek Orthodox and Armenian church.