Pope Francis received a group of Armenian clergy Saturday and kissed the sacred medallion of the Armenian Apostolic Church. This became known from the Facebook post of an Armenian travel agency.
Also, the travel agency posted a historic photo from this meeting.
“Cool photo from yesterday’s Vatican meeting with Orthodox Christian priests & monks: Roman Pope kisses an Armenian Apostolic encolpion (sacred medallion) while greeting Armenian guests,” reads the aforesaid Facebook post.
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