On Friday, December 22, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon welcomed to the Chancery office in Virginia His Grace Bishop Mesrop (Parsamyan), Primate of the Armenian Eastern Diocese of America, and His Eminence Archbishop Vicken (Aykazian), Ecumenical Director and Diocesan Legate.
During their meeting, the bishops discussed various topics of mutual interest to the Orthodox and Armenian churches. They addressed the challenges but also the opportunities faced by their respective communities in North America and the work of the ecumenical movement.
