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ISRAEL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE NEW ARMENIAN PATRIARCH
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
June 5 2013
Archbishop Nurkhan Manukyan has recently been enthroned as the 97th
Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem in St. James Church in the Armenian
quarter of Jerusalem.
The official ceremony has been attended by many senior clerics of the
Armenian Church, including the head of the Armenian Church in Great
Britain, Vaan Ovanisyan.
The 97th Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem was born in 1948 in Aleppo,
Syria, and educated in Lebanon, Jerusalem and the United States.He
served as a priest in Switzerland, New York and theIsraeli cities of
Jaffa and Haifa. In 1999 he became a bishop and in 2000 an archbishop.
One should note that previously all Christian churches in Jerusalem
were trying to elect as their heads people who were equally supported
by Israel, Jordan and Palestine. That is why such elections have
always been a serious diplomatic game.
The election of the new Armenian patriarch has violated this unwritten
rule, as his candidacy was supported by Jordan and Palestine, but
not Israel. The reason is quite clear. Manukyan has made a series
of anti-Israeli statements and in 2013 condemned Israel for not
recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
The Israeli authorities are quite open about the fact that they see
the election of Manukyan as a direct challenge and are worried about
possible conflicts with the Armenian diaspora in Jerusalem.
By Pyotr Lyukimson. Exclusively to VK
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/41136.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
June 5 2013
Archbishop Nurkhan Manukyan has recently been enthroned as the 97th
Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem in St. James Church in the Armenian
quarter of Jerusalem.
The official ceremony has been attended by many senior clerics of the
Armenian Church, including the head of the Armenian Church in Great
Britain, Vaan Ovanisyan.
The 97th Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem was born in 1948 in Aleppo,
Syria, and educated in Lebanon, Jerusalem and the United States.He
served as a priest in Switzerland, New York and theIsraeli cities of
Jaffa and Haifa. In 1999 he became a bishop and in 2000 an archbishop.
One should note that previously all Christian churches in Jerusalem
were trying to elect as their heads people who were equally supported
by Israel, Jordan and Palestine. That is why such elections have
always been a serious diplomatic game.
The election of the new Armenian patriarch has violated this unwritten
rule, as his candidacy was supported by Jordan and Palestine, but
not Israel. The reason is quite clear. Manukyan has made a series
of anti-Israeli statements and in 2013 condemned Israel for not
recognizing the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
The Israeli authorities are quite open about the fact that they see
the election of Manukyan as a direct challenge and are worried about
possible conflicts with the Armenian diaspora in Jerusalem.
By Pyotr Lyukimson. Exclusively to VK
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/41136.html