On Wednesday, August 7, 2013, the spiritual leaders of the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Evangelical Churches gathered at the Western Diocese in Burbank for a meeting to discuss general issues concerning the three churches and to upcoming collaborative endeavors.
Participating in the meeting were H.E. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate, who hosted the meeting, H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, H.G. Bishop Mikayel Mouradian, Eparch of the Catholic Church, and Rev. Joe Matossian, Minister to the Armenian Evangelical Union of N. America.
The discussion centered on preparations for the Genocide centennial, commemoration of April 24, the crisis in Syria, and ecumenical and inter-church relations.
The spiritual leaders decided to convene meetings regularly, with the next meeting to be held on October 23 at the Western Prelacy hosted by Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian.