June 3, 2013 - 12:24 AMT
New Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem to be enthroned June 4

The newly elected Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Nourhan Manougian will be enthroned on June 4 in the patriarchal residence.

In April, Abdullah II Ben Hussein, The Hashemite King of Jordan met Archbishop Manougian to congratulate him and grant him the Royal Decree issued earlier to approve his election as the 97th Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem having a jurisdiction over the Holy Land and Jordan.