10 January 2015. On Saturday morning, Metropolitan George Saliba of Mount Lebanon, of the Syriac Orthodox Church, met with Catholicos Aram I to convey His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II’s Christmas and New Year greetings. The Metropolitan also informed His Holiness Aram I of the activities they are planning to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the massacres of their people by the Ottomans.

On the same day, Catholicos Aram I, also in his capacity as a President of the Middle East Council of Churches, received Bishop Atallah the chairperson of Prayers Christian Unity; they discussed the programme for the week.