10 January 2015. On Saturday morning, Metropolitan George Saliba of Mount Lebanon, of the Syriac Orthodox Church, met with Catholicos Aram I to convey His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II’s Christmas and New Year greetings. The Metropolitan also informed His Holiness Aram I of the activities they are planning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the massacres of their people by the Ottomans.
On the same day, Catholicos Aram I, also in his capacity as a President of the Middle East Council of Churches, received Bishop Atallah the chairperson of Prayers Christian Unity; they discussed the programme for the week.