Bishop Armash Nalbandian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, was among a delegation of Syrian church leaders visiting Washington, DC, where they addressed U.S. government officials and other policy makers on the critical situation of Syria’s Christian population.
In a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation, the church leaders spoke about Christian persecution in the region in the 20th century, beginning with the death marches of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, and called for increased international pressure on protecting Syria’s Christian groups.
Bishop Nalbandian also met with U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff and visited St. Mary Armenian Church of Washington, where he addressed parishioners on the threats facing the country’s Armenian population.
