UK government member uses term Armenian Genocide for the first time
Posted by hayaser on Tuesday, May 13 @ 09:36:09 PDT (1 reads)
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The UK government has strongly condemned the desecration of the Armenian Genocide
Monument in Cardiff, Wales, which occurred on Holocaust Memorial Day on
January 27, 2008, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.
In a reply to MP David Burrowes, (who had taken up a complaint by B.
Nazarian of Armenia Solidarity about the act of vandalism), the
Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt Hon Paul Murphy,
replying for the UK government specifically referred to "the
desecration of The Armenian Genocide Memorial in Cardiff in January
2008."
"I wholeheartedly condemn this violent act of desecration. It is
distressing that this is yet another example of how we must all
continue to be vigilant against such acts of racism, violence and
hatred; and that we all need to stand united against them,” he said.
“This attack, like many similar crimes, is often unprovoked and
undertaken under the cover of darkness. I hope that when the vandals
are caught and prosecuted for this crime, this will go some way to
easing the pain and distress that has been caused by this terrible
act", he said.
"This is a most significant development" said a spokesman for Armenia
Solidarity. "In the past government ministers have made strenuous
efforts to avoid using the phrase the Armenian Genocide.
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church begins visit to Rome
Posted by hayaser on Tuesday, May 06 @ 23:32:27 PDT (16 reads)
Vatican, May. 6, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The head of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrives in Rome today for a visit that
will continue through May 9.
The
Armenian patriarch-- who will be accompanied by 18 bishops and 75
members of the Armenian laity-- will be formally greeted by Pope
Benedict XVI (bio - news)
at the regular Wednesday papal audience on May 7.
Catholicos Karekin
will meet privately with the Pontiff on Friday, May 9.
During
his stay in Rome the Armenian patriarch will pray at the statue of St.
Gregory the Illuminator in the patio of the Vatican basilica. (St.
Gregory brought the Christian faith to Armenia and is the patron saint
of the Armenian Church.)
He will receive an honorary doctorate from the
Pontifical Salesian University, visit the Pontifical Armenian College,
and participate in a conference at the Pontifical Oriental Institute on
"holy sacrifice in the Armenian tradition."
Ecumenical
ties between the Holy See and the Armenian Apostolic Church have been
extremely close since 1996, when Pope John Paul II (bio - news)
and Catholicos Karekin I, the predecessor to the current Armenian
patriarch, signed a joint statement effectively ending the theological
dispute that had divided the two churches for 15 centuries.
Just before
the death of Karekin I, Pope John Paul II wrote to the ailing Armenian
prelate, promising his continued efforts to bring about
"re-establishment of full communion" between the Armenian Apostolic
Church and the Holy See.
When
Karekin II was elected in 1999 to head the Armenian Church, he promptly
pledged his own efforts to pursue reunion with Rome. During a visit to
Rome in 2000 he signed another joint statement with Pope John Paul,
affirming that the doctrines of the two churches are "complimentary
rather than in opposition."
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