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Prayers sent out to end the conflict
Toronto Sun, Canada
June 26 2006
By BRIAN GRAY, TORONTO SUN
Toronto's Armenian community -- many with family members living in
Lebanon and around the Middle East -- prayed for peace last night in
a North York church.
"My sister and my brothers are in Beirut and I pray everyday for
their safety, but it feels good to get together with everyone and
pray as one," Talar Harkidian said. "We don't choose sides we only
choose peace."
Harkidian was one of several hundred from different denominations --
including Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Orthodox and Catholic churches
and Lebanese Maronites -- invited to St. Mary's Apostolic Armenian
Church near Victoria Park and Sheppard Ave. E.
"We are here on this occasion for a mass for peace," said Pastor
Meyhrig Parikian, who led the prayers and said the congregation wasn't
choosing sides. "We pray for peace all over the world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Toronto Sun, Canada
June 26 2006
By BRIAN GRAY, TORONTO SUN
Toronto's Armenian community -- many with family members living in
Lebanon and around the Middle East -- prayed for peace last night in
a North York church.
"My sister and my brothers are in Beirut and I pray everyday for
their safety, but it feels good to get together with everyone and
pray as one," Talar Harkidian said. "We don't choose sides we only
choose peace."
Harkidian was one of several hundred from different denominations --
including Armenian, Greek and Assyrian Orthodox and Catholic churches
and Lebanese Maronites -- invited to St. Mary's Apostolic Armenian
Church near Victoria Park and Sheppard Ave. E.
"We are here on this occasion for a mass for peace," said Pastor
Meyhrig Parikian, who led the prayers and said the congregation wasn't
choosing sides. "We pray for peace all over the world."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress