Pope awards Armenian Amb. with Grand Cross Order of Pius IX

Pope awards Armenian Amb. with Grand Cross Order of Pius IX –

Armradio – Pope Francis has awarded Armenian Ambassador to the Vatican Mikael Minsyan with a Knight’s Grand Cross Order of Pius IX, press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs.

At a solemn ceremony in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican, Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Substitute for General Affairs to the Secretary of State of the Holy See, handed the Order to Amb. Minasyan.

The Papal letter says Mikael Minasyan was awarded the pontifical title “as a proof of Our benevolence towards You.”