New York, NY – On Thursday, June 26, 2025, His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, member of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCh) and Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church (Eastern) hosted an ecumenical luncheon in honor of His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak II Mashalian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. Present at the luncheon were SCOOCh members His Eminence Mor Dionysius John Kawak of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of the Eastern United States and His Eminence Archbishop Petros of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Archdiocese of New York & Its Afilliated Regions. Also present were priests representing SCOOCh President His Grace Bishop David of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York & New England.
The luncheon, took place in the Guild Hall of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York City, and brought together hierarchs and clergy from various Apostolic Churches – including His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America, and His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York – united in a spirit of Christian love and mutual respect.