Armenian Orthodox Church Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia in Athens

Athens News Agency ANA, Greece
Jan 15 2010

(ANA-MPA) — Armenian Orthodox Church Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia
arrived in Greece on Friday morning for a two-day visit.

He was welcomed at Athens’ Airport by representatives of the Church of
Greece, state officials, Armenian Church members and the ambassadors
of Armenia and Lebanon.

Following a mass at the Cathedral of St. Gregory in downtown Athens,
Aram was received by President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias.

On Saturday the Armenian Patriarch will meet with Athens Mayor Nikitas
Kaklamanis, and will subsequently be received by Archbishop Ieronymos
of Athens and All Greece. Later in the evening, he will officiate at
the vespers held in the church of St. Jacob, in the Piraeus district
of Nikea.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS