Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church once again addressed the Syrian-Armenian community and called upon them to be united in these difficult times, just as Lebanon’s Armenian community did, during its difficult times, Nouvelles d’Arménie monthly of France writes.

The Catholicos is following the community’s humanitarian needs, ever since the beginning of the crisis, and, by way of Aleppo’s clergy, the Great House of Cilicia recently provided financial assistance to the needy families.        

Also, the Catholicos asked the local diocese to help the Armenian schools in Syria, and called upon Syrian Armenians living abroad to do the same.

To note, around 60,000 Armenians live in Syria, and great majority of them reside in Aleppo and Damascus.