The president of the republic receives their…

The president of the republic receives their Beatitudes archbishop Chrysostom II and Patriarch John X

The president of the Syrian Arab Republic Dr. Bashshar Asad received their beatitudes Chrysostom of Cyprus, and John X of Antioch and the entire east in the visit which his beatitude (of Cyprus) paid to Damascus.

In the meeting, his Excellency the president of the republic received his Beatitude, highly evaluating the role of the visit in carrying a live image of what is going on in Syria, assuring and stressing the importance of the role of the churches in spreading out the spirit of peace and dialogue among religions and peoples. He also stressed the importance of gathering the international and regional efforts to resist terror which is hitting everywhere.

On his side, their Beatitudes archbishop of Cyprus and his Beatitude John X assured that Syria has been and will always be the cradle of Christianity, and the homeland of coexistence and living together among all the spectra and religions. And they both hinted to the fact that the visit comes in the first place to assure solidarity with the Syrian people and with the Antiochian church that pays like everybody else, a high price in the deadly economical siege, violence and abduction. Both Beatitudes hoped that peace may come back quickly to Syria through dialogue and peaceful political solutions