ETCHMIADZIN. – The dire situation of the Armenians living in Syria continues to be at the focus of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.  

In this respect, Father Vahram Melikyan, Head of the Information System of the Mother See, informed that the Catholicos had called upon all Armenians, ever since the first days of the conflict in Syria, to provide support—by way of the Armenian Church dioceses worldwide—to the Armenians that are suffering in Syria.

Father Melikyan added that the Mother See regularly sends the amounts received from the dioceses to the Armenian Church diocese in Damascus, to support the Syrian-Armenian community.    

He noted that the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin this time sent $200,000, which was collected by the dioceses days ago, to take care of the needs of the Armenians living in Syria.