His Holiness meets with the President of the Swiss Council of States, Claude Hêche

25 September 2015. On Friday morning His Holiness Aram I met with Claude Hêche, the President of the Swiss Council of States. His Holiness was accompanied by Dr. Gottfried Locher, President, of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches Mr Hagop Pakradouni, member of the Lebanese Parliament, Mrs Teny Pirri-Simonian, President of ARMENOFAS Swiss-Armenian Foundation and…

“After 100 years we shall continue to remember our orphans who came to Begnins and Geneva and the compassionate Swiss people and their love for Armenians,” Stated His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

24 September 2015 evening. One hundred years after the Genocide, His Holiness Aram I expressed his gratitude to the people of the town of Begnins on behalf of the Armenian Church and people for receiving Armenian orphans of the Genocide and helping them settle in Switzerland. He declared, “In the history of friendship between the…

His Holiness Aram I met with the Secretary of State at the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Yves Rossier

24 September 2015. On Thursday morning His Holiness Aram I, accompanied by Lebanese Member of Parliament Mr Hagop Pakradouni, and Serge Fornerod of External Relations of the Federation visited Mr Rossier. His Holiness explained that he was in Switzerland upon the invitation of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches to thank the Swiss people for…