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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

Pope Francis hosts Serzh Sargsyan

Pope Francis hosts Serzh Sargsyan

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: The Pope Francis of Rome hosted the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the Armenian delegation on September 19. Armenpress reports that the Vatican Radio informed about it.  

The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan left for the Holy See (Vatican) on September 18 with an official visit. The Department for Mass Media and Public Relations of the Armenian President’s Office informed Armenpress that Serzh Sargsyan participated in the opening of the photo exhibition “Parables of the Orient. Christianity and the Challenge of the New Millennium” at the Vittoriano Museum Complex in Rome. The exhibition aims to draw the international community’s attention to the situation in the Christian communities in the Middle East as well as to the necessity to preserve the Christian cultural heritage in the region. The exhibition features photos taken in nine countries of the Middle East as well as a documentary presenting the destruction of Armenian khachkars (cross-stones) in Jugha.  
  
The exhibition, organized by the Armenian Embassy in Rimini on August 24, will be held in other Italian cities as well.
 
Serzh Sargsyan delivered a speech at the opening of the exhibition.








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