Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (Comunicados de prensa), Switzerland
Feb 23 2005
In a series of public statements and recommendations approved one day
before the end of its 15-22 February meeting in Geneva, the World
Council of Churches (WCC) central committee covered a wide range of
issues.
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April 24, 2005 – Commemoration of 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide
The Public Issues committee of the WCC central committee recommended
to the organization’s general secretary “to propose to all member
churches to make Sunday April 24 a day of memory of the Armenian
Genocide and to consider further appropriate actions”. That day is
the 90th anniversary of the tragic massacre of one-and-a-half-million
Armenians in Turkey and the deportation of another million from their
homeland.
“From the Christian perspective, the path towards justice and
reconciliation requires the recognition of the crime committed as a
sine qua non condition for the healing of memories and the
possibility of forgiveness”, stated the Public Issues committee.