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REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA NOT TO TAKE PART IN TURKISH SHOW, RPA MP SAYS
news.am
Sept 14 2010
Armenia
Republican Party of Armenia will attend the liturgy in Surb Khach
Church on September 19, the MP from RPA Hovhannes Sahakyan told the
reporters on Tuesday.
The parliamentarian urged the other political forces not to participate
in the opening ceremony either. According to him, the liturgy in Surb
Khach is another Turkish show, aimed to prove the world community
Turkey is a democratic state.
"Under our ecclesiastical laws, a religious service is unacceptable
without a cross on the dome of a church. It testifies to the fact
this is another show by the Turkish authorities," he emphasized.
As to the silence of the Armenian political forces on putting off
the installation of a cross on Surb Khach, Sahakyan said: "If we
politicized the issue, Turkey would have achieved its goals. We are
well aware Turkey made a show of the opening of Surb Khach, aimed
at proving it is a progressive move, despite the Armenian side's
statement on religious intolerance in Turkey."
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Sept 14 2010
Armenia
Republican Party of Armenia will attend the liturgy in Surb Khach
Church on September 19, the MP from RPA Hovhannes Sahakyan told the
reporters on Tuesday.
The parliamentarian urged the other political forces not to participate
in the opening ceremony either. According to him, the liturgy in Surb
Khach is another Turkish show, aimed to prove the world community
Turkey is a democratic state.
"Under our ecclesiastical laws, a religious service is unacceptable
without a cross on the dome of a church. It testifies to the fact
this is another show by the Turkish authorities," he emphasized.
As to the silence of the Armenian political forces on putting off
the installation of a cross on Surb Khach, Sahakyan said: "If we
politicized the issue, Turkey would have achieved its goals. We are
well aware Turkey made a show of the opening of Surb Khach, aimed
at proving it is a progressive move, despite the Armenian side's
statement on religious intolerance in Turkey."
From: A. Papazian