CHURCH CALLS TO REPENTANCE

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| 13:31:18 | 19-04-2005 | Politics |

Secretary General of the World Church Council Samuel Cobia sent a
letter to Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II with a promise to
mention the Armenian Genocide during the services in all the Churches
of the Council on April 24.

April 6- 10 the Board of Chairs of the Conference of the Churches
of Europe (CCE) summoned a sitting in the Swedish town of Wasteras
to state that the murderous deeds against Armenians must not be
forgotten and that re-consideration of history will open the path to
forgiveness, deliverance of bitter recollections and for the creation
of joint future.

The CCE Chairs support the proposal of the World Church Council to mark
the 24-th of April as the Day of Genocide and take essential steps on
the occasion of the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. All the
Churched in Europe and beyond its borders can play an important role in
contributing to the reconciliation of nations. Press service of Holy
Echmiadzin reported that the CCE Chairs call the Turkish government
to start a process of reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian
people with acknowledging the blame and declaration of the truth. In
this view the CCE welcomed the proposal of Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan on opening the Turkish archives. The Armenian
and independent experts should have free access to these documents.

The message says in part, “We call the Turkish government to create
conditions for holding free and just public discussions of the carnages
and exiles of the Armenian people.”

Let us remind that Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan rejected
Turkish Premier’s proposal. «The Genocide is a proved fact while
personally I am a descendant of one of those, who survived it»,
A. Margaryan said

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