


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.



