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HIS EMINENCE OSHAGAN CHOLOYAN URGES VIGILANCE AGAINST GENOCIDE IN CAPITOL HILL MEETINGS
armradio.am
29.04.2008 11:14
His Eminence Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of the Eastern United States, urged Members of Congress to
speak with moral clarity about the Armenian Genocide and to work to
end the ongoing genocide in Darfur, during a full day of more than
20 Capitol Hill meetings leading up to the April 23rd Congressional
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
The Archbishop's meetings included discussions with Senators and
Representatives from traditional Armenian American communities in
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as those
from growing communities in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia.
Among the legislators he met with were: Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-DE), Small Business and
Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Jim
Bunning (R-KY), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sen. Robert Menendez
(D-NJ), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Republican Peter
King (R-NY), Congressional Human Rights Caucus Co- Chair Rep. Frank
Wolf (R-VA), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC),
Rep. Phil English (R-PA), Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Rep. Bob Inglis
(R-SC), Rep. James Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep.
James McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY), Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-WI), Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
and Rep. John Tierney (D-MA).
Archbishop Choloyan was joined in his Congressional visits by
Rev. Father Sarkis Aktavoukian, Pastor of the Soorp Khatch Armenian
Apostolic Church in Bethesda, MD; ANCA National Board Member Onnik
Petrossian; ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian,
ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian, and ANCA Eastern
Region Executive Director Karine Birazian.
After a full day of meetings, Archbishop Choloyan joined with Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and over 15
Members of Congress at the Capitol Hill commemoration of the 93rd
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Congressional
Caucus on Armenian issues.
During his moving invocation, Archbishop Choloyan offered a special
prayer for the "safety of all of the men and women of our armed
forces serving around the world." He went on to praise the efforts
of Amb. Henry Morgenthau and the diplomatic corps of the time of the
Genocide who "shared in the responsibility of publicizing the Genocide
of the Armenians and administering relief."
armradio.am
29.04.2008 11:14
His Eminence Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of the Eastern United States, urged Members of Congress to
speak with moral clarity about the Armenian Genocide and to work to
end the ongoing genocide in Darfur, during a full day of more than
20 Capitol Hill meetings leading up to the April 23rd Congressional
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA).
The Archbishop's meetings included discussions with Senators and
Representatives from traditional Armenian American communities in
Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as those
from growing communities in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia.
Among the legislators he met with were: Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-DE), Small Business and
Entrepreneurship Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Jim
Bunning (R-KY), Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Sen. Robert Menendez
(D-NJ), House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Republican Peter
King (R-NY), Congressional Human Rights Caucus Co- Chair Rep. Frank
Wolf (R-VA), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC),
Rep. Phil English (R-PA), Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Rep. Bob Inglis
(R-SC), Rep. James Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep.
James McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY), Rep. Paul Ryan
(R-WI), Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
and Rep. John Tierney (D-MA).
Archbishop Choloyan was joined in his Congressional visits by
Rev. Father Sarkis Aktavoukian, Pastor of the Soorp Khatch Armenian
Apostolic Church in Bethesda, MD; ANCA National Board Member Onnik
Petrossian; ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian,
ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian, and ANCA Eastern
Region Executive Director Karine Birazian.
After a full day of meetings, Archbishop Choloyan joined with Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and over 15
Members of Congress at the Capitol Hill commemoration of the 93rd
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, organized by the Congressional
Caucus on Armenian issues.
During his moving invocation, Archbishop Choloyan offered a special
prayer for the "safety of all of the men and women of our armed
forces serving around the world." He went on to praise the efforts
of Amb. Henry Morgenthau and the diplomatic corps of the time of the
Genocide who "shared in the responsibility of publicizing the Genocide
of the Armenians and administering relief."