PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE GERMAN CHURCHES EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR THE
RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

In a letter to His Holiness Aram I, the spiritual leader of the German
Protestant Church, Bishop Wolfgang Huber has affirmed his full support for
the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and has promised to exert efforts
in this direction.

Bishop Huber has informed the Catholicos about the work carried out by the
German Churches for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. He has ensured
Aram I that he personally and the churches he presides over will pursue
their efforts: “Most recently the German Parliament accepted a common
statement on the issue. It does not fulfill all expectations but can be seen
as a step in the right direction . I tell you this in order to assure you,
that EKD and myself will try to do what we can to intensify the process of
recognition of the Armenian Genocide and to encourage a process of
reconciliation between the Armenian and the Turkish people.”

Bishop Huber is a personal friend of His Holiness Aram I. The Catholicos had
written to him a month ago, requesting his support in the efforts for the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Germany.

The German Bundestag adopted a resolution lately condemning the Armenian
atrocities and apologizing for the role played by Germany in them.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.