On Thursday, May 23rd, 2024, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, together with His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church, attended the opening session of a conference focused on Levantine Christianity.
The conference was organized by the Hungarian Center for Levantine Christianity (HCLC) in partnership with the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate. It saw the participation of 50 individuals from various Middle Eastern countries, along with state and community representatives at the opening session.
Following the session, His Holiness Aram I convened with the head of the Hungarian state’s ecumenical department, who was visiting Lebanon for the conference. The meeting, which included the representative from the Hungarian embassy in Lebanon, discussed plans to invite His Holiness to Hungary.
Present with His Holiness Aram I were H.E. Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, director of the “Cilicia” library, and V. Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aprahamian, officer of the Middle Eastern section of the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations Department.
