REPRESENTATIVE OF CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS PARTICIPATES IN "RELIGIONS FOR PEACE" 8TH ASSEMBLY

Noyan Tapan
Aug 29 2006

KYOTO, AUGUST 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Apostolic Church
participates for the first time in the "Religions for Peace" three-day
8th World Assembly which started on August 26 in the Japanese city
of Kyoto. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services
of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, by blessing of Karekin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Archbishop Aghan
Baliozian, the primate of the Armenian diocese of Australia and New
Zealand participates in the assembly. He will send the address of His
Holiness to those present. More than 500 representatives, religious
primates, public figures and politicians, participate, in general,
in the assembly. The theme of the assembly is "Religions for Peace,
Confronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security." The "Religions for
Peace" organization is a cooperation of interreligious councils and
groups the goal of which is to stimulate cooperation among religious
communities of all over the world as well as to assist liquidation
of existing conflicts of the world to strengthen peace and secure
stable development. The first assembly of the organization took place
in Kyoto 35 years ago.