His Holiness Aram I receives the Patriarchs and Representatives arriving for the Blessing of the Holy Muron

On Friday, until late in the evening, patriarchs, spiritual heads, general secretaries and representatives of ecumenical organizations, and other guests continued to arrive in Beirut from abroad.   During the day His Holiness Aram I held private meetings with the following hierarchs and representatives: Abuna Mathias I, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Theodoros II,…

His Holiness Aram I receives the grandchild of Jacob Kunzler the ‘father’ of 8000 Orphans of the Armenian Genocide

11 July 2015. On Saturday morning, Mrs Ida Alamuddin, granddaughter of Jacob Kunzler, and her two sons, accompanied by the president of the Board of Bird’s Nest, Mrs Seta Khedeshian, and the archivist, Garo Derounian, visited His Holiness Aram I.   Born in the Swiss hamlet of Hundwil, Jacob Kunzler, who was a carpenter, a…