On Wednesday, January 16, 2008, a joint meeting between the representatives from the Armenian Apostolic and Episcopalian Churches took place at the Western Diocese. During the luncheon held at the Armen Hampar Room, His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, and the Very Rev. Fr. Dajad Dz. V. Yardemian, Vicar General of the Western Diocese, discussed future cooperation and joint programs between the two churches with the Episcopalian representatives.