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    Lraper Church Bulletin 19/07/2005

    Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
    Armenian Patriarchate
    TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
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    MESSAGE FROM THE BRITISH ORTHODOX CHURCH

    16 July 2005 Istanbul time 19:56

    http://lraper.org/main.aspx?Action=DisplayNews&NewsC ode=N000000713&Lang=ENG

    His Grace Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury, Primate of the
    British Orthodox Church, in a message addressed to His Beatitude
    Patriarch Mesrob II, condemned the terrorist attacks in Kusadasi and
    Cesme.

    Metropolitan Seraphim wrote: "Your Beatitude, Only days after the
    receipt of your kind letter of condolence on the occasion of the
    London bombings, two further terrorist acts in Cesme and the Aegean
    resort of Kusadasi have disrupted daily life in Turkey indiscrimately
    killing and maiming people regardless of nationality and religion.

    "As Christians we are bound to repudiate all violence, whatever the
    professed grievance, and to deplore the cruel disregard for the
    suffering caused as well as the destruction of life, the precious
    Gift of God. We will not allow this evil to overcome us but continue
    to trust in a loving God Who cherishes all His children and to whom
    we commend the dead and injured, their families and friends.

    "In the unity of a common resolve to strive always for peace in the
    face of malicious and sinful actions, I remain, fraternally and
    affectionately in Christ, + Seraphim, Metropolitan of Glastonbury,
    Primate of the British Orthodox Church".
    From: Baghdasarian
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