PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 1) 517 163
Fax: (374 1) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
August 2, 2004
Statement from the Mother See on Church Bombings in Iraq
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin learned with sorrow from the Armenian
Diocese of Iraq of the terrorist events of August 1, the result of which
caused loss of life and many to be injured. Five churches were damaged,
among them being an Armenian Catholic church. The Armenian Apostolic
churches and Diocesan headquarters of Iraq were not attacked or damaged.
The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church expresses her sympathies to the families
of the victims and all Iraqi people, and wishes complete recovery to the
wounded and injured. We pray that the centuries of friendship and peaceful
co-existence among Christian and Muslim peoples in the East will not be
endangered by similar condemnable violence; for peace to be re-established
in the region; and that the Iraqi people continue with the creation of their
safe and progressing lives.