PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I AND PATRIARCH PAULOS CALL ON THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY
TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Upon the arrival of His Holiness Aram I to the Ethiopian capital of Addis
Ababa on July 11, he signed a Joint Declaration with the spiritual leader of
the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Abune Paulos, stressing the
importance of recognizing the first Genocide of the 20th century just as the
century’s last Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, has been recognized by the
international community. They underlined the importance of struggling for
justice and human rights and the important role of churches in this respect.
The Armenian Pontiff’s visit to Ethiopia presented a unique opportunity to
discuss the violated rights of the Armenian nation on African soil,
particularly at such a period when the memories of the Rwandan Genocide are
still alive in people’s minds and the Genocide in Darfur is still ongoing in
Sudan.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
