I have full faith in the ability of your person, your determination and your faith
Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian Catholicos, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic House of Cilicia, sent a congratulatory message to General Joseph Aoun, President-elect of the Lebanese Republic, which stated:
I present to you on the occasion of your election as President of our homeland, Lebanon, with a heart full of joy and rejoicing, wishing you success and success in healing the wounds of this country, as you promised in your oath speech to unite in your reign all the afflicted, deprived, displaced and marginalized Lebanese, as you promised to guard governmental, administrative and social institutions in your reign, all of whom are under the law. And the Lebanese Constitution. This is what we and all the Lebanese aspire to.
He added: Your Excellency the President, I am certain and believe in your person who is capable of bringing together all the disputing and estranged parties under the national banner that you have carried since your youth. Therefore, I congratulate you on these valuable covenants and on these precise details that were contained in the speech of your constitutional oath, which earned from the beginning the confidence of your friends and all the remaining parties in the homeland and abroad. I have full faith in the ability of your person, your determination, and your faith, through whose spiritual strength you will achieve all these hopes. You lead the ship of our homeland, Lebanon, to anchorages of peace and permanence.
He continued: I return and congratulate you from the heart, and I also convey to you the joy and congratulations of the children of our Armenian Catholic Patriarchate with its dioceses in the homeland and abroad, praying to the Lord to take your hand in doing good and reform, for you are the symbol of the Lebanese flag, its hopes and its hope. May God help you, protect you with His love and heavenly blessings, and protect you from evil and wickedness. May you live and Lebanon may live.
