The Western Diocese has been receiving outpouring of support from the faith community as they stand in solidarity with Artsakh and its right to live freely in their ancestral homeland.

Church leaders Metropolitan Serapion of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles and Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco have reached out to the Diocesan Primate informing Archbishop Derderian that prayers for Artsakh are being held within their respective communities.

Faithful of the Catholic Assyrian Church Take Part in Evening Prayer Service

Led by Cor-Bishop Father George Bet Rasho, the faithful of the Catholic Assyrian Church of the East took part in the evening prayer service at St. Leon (Srbots Ghevontiants) Armenian Cathedral on Friday, October 2, 2020. They were welcomed by the Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and the reverend clergy.

Participating in the service, the faithful held up posters displaying unity with the Armenian and Assyrian flags held in a fist with the words “WE STAND WITH ARMENIA.”
 
His Eminence Archbishop Derderian expressed his gratitude to Cor-Bishop Father George Bet Rasho for the show of solidarity and the Assyrian community’s pursuit of justice.
 

Metropolitan Eugene Kaplan, Patriarchal Vicar of the Western USA
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Archdiocese of Western USA

His Grace Bishop Maxim
Serbian Orthodox Dioceses of America
Bishop of Los Angeles and Western America

His Eminence The Most Reverend Metropolitan Joseph
Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America

Bishop Elias Zaidan
Bishop of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon

Rev. Felix Villanueva
Conference Minister of the United Church of Christ 
Southern California Nevada Conference

The Western Diocese has also received support from the Rev. Felix Villanueva, Conference Minister of the United Church of Christ of Southern California Nevada Conference who wrote to Archbishop Derderian that the United Church of Christ "stands in solidarity with the people of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and the Republic of Armenia. We are holding you and all our brethren there in our prayers."

The Rev. Murray D. Finck
Bishop of the Southwest California Synod