In the morning of Sunday, February 16, 2025, the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Marco Rubio, paid his first official visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Representing the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem at the welcoming ceremony were Chancellor Rev. Fr. Aghan Gogchyan and former Superior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Rev. Fr. Samuel Aghoyan.
