His Beatitude Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai Visits His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

The head of the Maronite Church His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, paid a visit to His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia. to discuss the delayed presidential election in Lebanon.

In attendance at the meeting were His Eminence Arch. Shahe Panossian, Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy in Lebanon, Stepan Der Bedrossian and Krikor Mahseredjian, Co-chairs of the Lay Council of the Holy See of Cilicia, and MP Hagop Pakradouni, head of the Armenian parliamentary bloc.

During the meeting a decision was reached to consult with Christian leaders in Bkerke, followed by a gathering with the Christian members of the parliament, to work to reach a common approach and facilitate the election of a president.

This news was originally published on the website of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon.