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DEMANDS FOR RESIGNATION OF ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS ARE NONSENSE - HOLY SEE OF ETCHMIADZIN
news.am
Sept 5 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Issues related to the problems specified by We Demand
Resignation of the Catholicos social initiative on the current state
of the Church of Holy Astvatsatsin (Virgin) in Yerevan, have been
honored with due attention and necessary actions have been taken even
prior to the signal by any group, Holy Etchmiadzin Information System
head Father Vahram Melikyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
As for demands of resignation of the Catholicos Karekin II Father
Vahram called it a noncense.
"We are not going to respond to nonsense. One cannot be that uneducated
and illiterate. The language used by the members of this group is
already an indication of who they are," he said.
Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that members of by We
Demand Resignation of the Catholicos social initiative revealed an
unbelievable scene at Yerevan's St. Astvatsatsin church, located near
Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum at Kanaker district.
The statement which the initiative has released in this connection
reads as follows:
"As a result of inaction by the Armenian Apostolic Church, the St.
Astvatsatsin church - which is one of the several medieval churches
still preserved in Yerevan - has turned from an Armenian sanctuary
into a gathering place for the Word of Life sect. According to the
residents, they [sect members] loudly chant their prayers at the
yard of the Armenian Apostolic church early in the morning and in
the evening hours, and disturb the peace of the residents. On many
occasions, the neighboring residents of the church have appealed
to different state bodies, depicting the abandoned condition of the
church and its unbelievable consequences.
In addition, the residents also maintain that the area around the
abandoned church has become a spot for couples and their activities,
as well as a fighting place for the neighborhood youth. The area
of medieval tombstones, which surround the church, has turned into
a garbage dump. Thanks to a local resident, the church has a door,
albeit lacking art, and a lock, and the locals have brought inside
the church religious icons from their homes; incidentally, Russian
icons constitute a large number.
The person responsible for this situation is the Catholicos of
All Armenians Karekin II and the Araratian Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church. This condition is but one of hundreds of occurrences,
and we believe that more telling reasons cannot be brought forth for
those who demand the resignation of the Catholicos.
The initiating groups calls on the media and involved persons to be
persistent and attain a just solution to the matter."
news.am
Sept 5 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Issues related to the problems specified by We Demand
Resignation of the Catholicos social initiative on the current state
of the Church of Holy Astvatsatsin (Virgin) in Yerevan, have been
honored with due attention and necessary actions have been taken even
prior to the signal by any group, Holy Etchmiadzin Information System
head Father Vahram Melikyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
As for demands of resignation of the Catholicos Karekin II Father
Vahram called it a noncense.
"We are not going to respond to nonsense. One cannot be that uneducated
and illiterate. The language used by the members of this group is
already an indication of who they are," he said.
Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that members of by We
Demand Resignation of the Catholicos social initiative revealed an
unbelievable scene at Yerevan's St. Astvatsatsin church, located near
Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum at Kanaker district.
The statement which the initiative has released in this connection
reads as follows:
"As a result of inaction by the Armenian Apostolic Church, the St.
Astvatsatsin church - which is one of the several medieval churches
still preserved in Yerevan - has turned from an Armenian sanctuary
into a gathering place for the Word of Life sect. According to the
residents, they [sect members] loudly chant their prayers at the
yard of the Armenian Apostolic church early in the morning and in
the evening hours, and disturb the peace of the residents. On many
occasions, the neighboring residents of the church have appealed
to different state bodies, depicting the abandoned condition of the
church and its unbelievable consequences.
In addition, the residents also maintain that the area around the
abandoned church has become a spot for couples and their activities,
as well as a fighting place for the neighborhood youth. The area
of medieval tombstones, which surround the church, has turned into
a garbage dump. Thanks to a local resident, the church has a door,
albeit lacking art, and a lock, and the locals have brought inside
the church religious icons from their homes; incidentally, Russian
icons constitute a large number.
The person responsible for this situation is the Catholicos of
All Armenians Karekin II and the Araratian Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church. This condition is but one of hundreds of occurrences,
and we believe that more telling reasons cannot be brought forth for
those who demand the resignation of the Catholicos.
The initiating groups calls on the media and involved persons to be
persistent and attain a just solution to the matter."