President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas participated on Wednesday in the celebration of the Nativity and Theophany celebrated by the Armenian Church at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
As reported “Hayern Aysor” news website, Mahmoud Abbas participated in the reception hosted by the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fr. Archbishop Nourhan Manoukian at the Armenian Monastery of the Church of the Nativity.
During the reception, His Holiness first welcomed the presence of Abbas, after which the President of Palestine congratulated the Saint Hakobyants Congregation of Jerusalem and the Armenians of the Holy Land on the occasion of the Nativity and Theophany.
The source reminds that the Armenian Church in the Holy Land celebrates the Day of Nativity and Theophany on January 18 and 19.
