U.S. Vice President visits Armenian section of the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Second Lady Usha Vance visited the Armenian section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem during a tour to the fourth-century church.

“Today, I had the honor, on behalf of the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, to welcome U.S. Vice President Mr. JD Vance and his wife at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and to present a brief introduction about the Armenian Church and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Armenian section,” Bishop Koryun Baghdasaryan, Dean of the manor of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said on social media.

Vance took a brief tour of the church before attending a private mass, according to the White House pool report.

Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday, joining Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, to help calm tensions after violence flared in Gaza over the weekend. Vice President JD Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday morning in Jerusalem, The Washington Post reported.