Western Diocese

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007, a cultural program dedicated to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and in honor of the Grand-Sacristan of St. James Brotherhood of Jerusalem, the Most Rev. Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian, was organized by the Alumni of Tarkmantchatz Alumni friends of Gulbenkian Library. During the program, remarks were delivered by Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian, who thanked the organizers, the main speaker Prof. Osheen Keshishian and all the participants. Special thanks were conveyed to Nahabed Melkonian for his passion and dedication for St. James Monastery. The evening was concluded by the closing remarks of his Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian who praised the mission of St. James Brotherhood and promised that pilgrimages will be organized by the Western Diocese to Jerusalem in support of the Patriarchate. A reception followed the event.