His Holiness Aram I meets with US House Speaker

On Thursday, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I visited the US House of Representatives in Washington and met with US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), reported armenianorthodoxchurch .org.

His Holiness also visited Capitol Hill at the invitation of Rep. Adam Schiff and served as Guest Chaplain of the US House of Representatives. In his prayer, Aram I recalled that more than 100,000 Armenians were forced to leave Artsakh, their centuries-old homeland.

During the meeting, the issue of Artsakh, the difficulties that Armenia is facing today, and the Palestinian crisis were discussed.