President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, received on Wednesday afternoon at Baabda Palace a delegation from the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, including Archbishop George Asadurian, MP Jean Talouzian, Father Ravi Hovhansian, Mehran Bukharian and Joe Zulikian. The mourning was conveyed to the President by the Catholicos of the Cilicia House of Armenian Catholics, Patriarch Krikor Pedros the twentieth, who passed away on Tuesday noon.

The delegation briefed President Aoun on the arrangements made for the funeral, which will be held at 10:30 am next Saturday in the Cathedral of St. Gregory and Mar Elias the Prophet in Beirut.

For his part, President Aoun expressed his sorrow for the absence of Patriarch Krikor, noting the achievements he made during his presidency of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, and the presence which distinguished him on the spiritual and national levels.  

The President conveyed his warm condolences to the Armenian Catholics, asking God to have mercy on his soul, in the world of eternity.nat