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HOLY ETCHMIADZIN URGES RAFFI HOVANNISIAN TO STOP HUNGER STRIKE
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2013/03/15/church
02:02 PM | TODAY | SOCIAL
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin issued a statement referring to the
post-election tensions in Armenia which became a topic for speculation
in different circles.
"We highly appreciate our people's good sense, which guaranteed
the conduct of a peaceful and a civilized election. Considering the
reports on and assessment of the February 18 presidential election
by the Central Election Commission, observation mission, the Mother
See of Holy Etchmiadzin has clearly expressed its stance on the
election results. We consider all attempts of making the Holy Church,
the Armenian Catholicos, and the Gospel of the Virgin Mary [which is
used during the swearing-in ceremony of Armenia's President] a target
of political manipulations to be inadmissible.
At this period of Lent, we invite our nation's children to pray. We
call on them to be guided by the spirit of brotherly love and
solidarity and keep away from intolerance and hatred.
We also urge [Heritage party leader] Raffi Hovannisian to stop his
hunger strike in Freedom Square, and to choose a more constructive
means of political struggle. The Church does not accept a hunger
strike because it threatens God-given life."
Addressing people in one of his rallies in Freedom square, Raffi
Hovannisian, the official runner-up in February's presidential
election, said, "If on April 9, Serzh Sargsyan takes a fake oath on
the Bible, and if the Catholicos desecrates the Bible, they will do
it over my dead body!"
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2013/03/15/church
02:02 PM | TODAY | SOCIAL
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin issued a statement referring to the
post-election tensions in Armenia which became a topic for speculation
in different circles.
"We highly appreciate our people's good sense, which guaranteed
the conduct of a peaceful and a civilized election. Considering the
reports on and assessment of the February 18 presidential election
by the Central Election Commission, observation mission, the Mother
See of Holy Etchmiadzin has clearly expressed its stance on the
election results. We consider all attempts of making the Holy Church,
the Armenian Catholicos, and the Gospel of the Virgin Mary [which is
used during the swearing-in ceremony of Armenia's President] a target
of political manipulations to be inadmissible.
At this period of Lent, we invite our nation's children to pray. We
call on them to be guided by the spirit of brotherly love and
solidarity and keep away from intolerance and hatred.
We also urge [Heritage party leader] Raffi Hovannisian to stop his
hunger strike in Freedom Square, and to choose a more constructive
means of political struggle. The Church does not accept a hunger
strike because it threatens God-given life."
Addressing people in one of his rallies in Freedom square, Raffi
Hovannisian, the official runner-up in February's presidential
election, said, "If on April 9, Serzh Sargsyan takes a fake oath on
the Bible, and if the Catholicos desecrates the Bible, they will do
it over my dead body!"