Vardan Oskanyan Speaks About St. Cross Church Without A Cross

VARDAN OSKANYAN SPEAKS ABOUT ST. CROSS CHURCH WITHOUT A CROSS

Panorama.am
17:02 30/03/2007

The Armenian foreign minister, Vardan Oskanyan, said if a cross
were placed on St. Cross Church on Aghtamar Island, Turkey, "our
participation would have been much more representative," and the
Armenian Apostolic Church would have attended the ceremony.

Speaking about the opinions, which say that Armenia should have
refused any participation in the inauguration, Oskanyan said, "Do
not forget that it is an Armenian monument and it belongs to us. We
must have made some presence there to show the world that it is an
Armenian church. I believe our presence there was a must in order
not to give way to Turkish propaganda."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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