Armenian religious leaders and Armenia’s ambassador to the U.S. met U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House and offered a collective prayer for Armenia, the United States, and President Trump, who supported the peace established in Armenia, according to the Armenian Embassy in the U.S.
“The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the United States, in cooperation with the White House Faith Office, initiated a meeting during which Armenian religious leaders in the U.S. and Ambassador Mkrtchyan met with President Donald Trump, White House Faith Office head and longtime spiritual adviser to the U.S. president Paula White-Cain, and White House Faith Office Director Jennifer S. Korn.
During the meeting, the participants exchanged views on relations between Armenia and the United States, the Christian and civilizational ties between the two peoples, religious freedom, as well as efforts aimed at establishing peace and stability. They emphasized the need to establish peace and strengthen mutual understanding between peoples, highlighting the importance of faith and spiritual values in this process.
The Armenian religious leaders offered a collective prayer and asked for God’s blessing for the well-being and future of the peoples of Armenia and the United States and for friendship between the two countries.
In their prayer, the religious leaders also addressed efforts aimed at establishing peace, emphasizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s contribution to the peace process established in Armenia,” the statement said.
The meeting was attended by the primates of the Western and Eastern Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church in the U.S., His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan; the primates of the Eastern and Western Prelacies of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia in the U.S., His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian and Archbishop Kegham Khacherian; Armenian Catholic Eparch of North America and Canada, His Excellency Bishop Mikael Mouradian; and Rev. Henrik Shahnazaryan, senior pastor of the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America.
