MFA Press Secretary Tigran Balayan reported that Armenia’s Ambassador to Israel Armen Melkonian will attend the funeral of the Patriarch of Jerusalem Torgom II in the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan from Ararat Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church arrived to Jerusalem for the funeral ceremony. The funeral ceremony of Torgom II will be held on October 22.
Torgom II (Avetis Manoukian) died on October 21, at the age of 93. Born in the refugee family Torgom II in 1990 became the 96th Patriarch of Jerusalem. He headed the Diocese of Jerusalem until 2009, before getting seriously ill.