RELIGIOUS LEADERS’ MEETING AT WESTERN DIOCESE OF ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, December 17 (Noyan Tapan). On December 15,
the Religious Leaders’ meeting took place at the Western Diocese
of the Armenian Apostolic Church of North America, hosted by His
Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Diocese. The
religious leaders meet once a month in a luncheon meeting, rotating
the location between the members of the council. According to the
Press Office of the Diocese, the leadears discuss issues common to
the churches of the community. The Western Diocese had the privilege
to host the religious leaders this month.

Present at the meeting were: Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Western
Diocese; Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, Western Diocese; Rabbi Mark
S. Diamond, Board of Rabbis; Rev. Jane Heckles, United Church of
Christ; Dan Romero, United Church of Christ; Bishop Mary Ann Swenson,
United Methodist Church; Richard C. Garner, United Methodist Church;
Grant Hagiya, United Methodist Church – LA District; Dr. Samuel
S. Chetti, American Baptist Church of Los Angeles; Donald Smith,
Presbyterian Church; Rabbi Alan Henkin, Union for Reform Judaism.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress