Pompeo visits Armenian section of Holy Sepulchre Church

U.S. Secretary of the State Mike Pompeo visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Armenian section inside the Church.

In the Armenian Chapel Mr. Pompeo lit a candle after which the Armenian Superior of the Holy Sepulcher Church Rev. Fr. Samvel Aghoyan addressed him on behalf of His Beatitude Abp. Nourhan Manougian and St. James Brotherhood welcoming his visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Archimandrite Koryun Baghdasarian said on Facebook. 

Fr. Samvel talked about the presence of the Armenians in the Holy Land and concluded his words saying: “We wish success in all your efforts to establish peace in the region, so that all the nations and followers of different religions can live in a peaceful and prosperous region”.