BULGARIAN CHURCH SYNOD RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Dec 10 2007
SOFIA, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Bulgarian
Orthodox Church Synod has sent a letter of condolence to Karekin II,
the Catholicos of All Armenians, on December 4, with which he expressed
his deep sorrow in connection with the the Armenian Genocide, which
happened in 1915.
According to the message provided to Noyan Tapan by the Press and
Information Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this
is the first time the word "genocide" has been used in the document
concerning the Armenian Genocide recognized by the Bulgarian Orthodox
Church Synod.
The letter, in particular, runs as follows: "The Ottoman Empire
subjected the Bulgarian people and church to severe persecution for
five centuries.
All this proves that the two Christian nations had a similar destiny.
Approximately 70 000 Armenians live in Bulgaria, who are the heirs of
those suffered, who were warmly received in Bulgaria. May the memory
of the victims of the Turkish yataghan live forever."