ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP OPENS HOUSE REP. SESSION WITH PRAYER

Tert.am
22.04.10

U.S. House of Representatives opened today with a prayer by
His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of the Eastern United States, in which he invoked
the memory of the Armenian Genocide and prayed that such barbarity
never again be inflicted upon any of God’s creatures, reported the
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

Archbishop Choloyan service today as the guest chaplain of the House
of Representatives came at the request of New York Congresswoman
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), a long-time friend and supporter of the
Armenian American community.

Following the opening prayer, Representative Maloney offered brief
remarks of her own, praising the spiritual leadership of Archbishop
Choloyan and joining with him in marking the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.

"We will not simply allow that a planned extermination of a whole
nation be left under the shadow of history. The Armenian Genocide must
be recognized, studied, and we must never allow for such a thing to
happen again," said Maloney.