Mayor of Marseille meets with Catholicos of All Armenians

ArmInfo.  The Mayor of Marseille, Benoit Payan, met with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.

"This morning, I had the great honor of receiving His Holiness  Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, at City Hall. I reminded him  of the historic, strong, and eternal ties that unite our city with  the Armenian people. Marseille would not be Marseille without  Armenians," Payan wrote on Twitter (X), accompanying his post with a  photo from his meeting with the Catholicos.

It should be added that, according to footage circulated on social  media, hundreds of Armenians in Marseille lined up in the courtyard  of one of the city's Armenian churches, where the Patriarch was  present, to receive the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians.