On September 22, employees of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia listened to a lecture entitled “Jerusalem Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Our Challenges” by editor, publicist, public figure and member of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar) Western USA Regional Committee Minas Kojayan. Among the attendees were Chairman of the Central Committee of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar) Sergio Nahabetian, member of the Central Committee Hagop Andreasian and guests.

In his lecture, Kojayan provided details about the history of the Armenian community and church of Jerusalem, showed images of the Armenian quarter and talked about the St. Hakobyants Armenian Church built in Jerusalem in the mid-7^th century and the perspectives of creating an Armenian heritage museum and the organizational activities. At the end, he answered questions from the attendees.