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OPEN TO ALL INSTANCES OF THE DIOCESE OF FRANCE LETTER FROM THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH
STE MARIE PARISH COUNCIL OF NICE
Translated from French
Nobody can close our eyes, our church is going through a very serious
crisis in entirely new character.
The truth applies to everyone and demonstration was made. This crisis
will not be solved only by the top of the church hierarchy, but also
the awakening of consciousness of the people and their representatives.
Our country, France, has unfortunately been a major theater of
the drift of the governance of our Church with two paroxysms that
is the situation in our parish and the awakening of consciousness
recent Norvan Bishop Zakarian is clear proof of the authenticity of
everything we denounce the past five years.
On October 19, 2013 will be held the diocesan assembly. The first
after the announcement of his resignation by Bishop Norvan Zakarian
and his revelations about the pressures and unacceptable humiliation
as incomprehensible that endured by the Catholicos whose primary
mission is to spread love and brotherhood of man.
To mark this important milestone, we appeal to the conscience and
reason.
Here in France, the terrible and destructive crisis began in Nice.
Today, there is no other way than the truth out of this crisis and
put an end to its destructive effects not only in the Church but also
beyond, in the fight that we all lead to the memory of our martyrs.
The path of truth should resume where it was lost sight of, that is
to say, Nice.
Repair the injustice and serious moral wounds in our parish is the
first step in a return to a peaceful situation, because nothing can
be built on lies.
How many times since 2009 and appeared to light the true face of the
Father Vatche which we alerted the diocese, we called for help without
ever being heard? Too many times! And each of its calls without return
was further injury which increased our despair and our suffering.
Worse with the permanent reversal of good and evil we endure, since
it is we who are designated as harmful to our church while we are
defending the most sacred values that make it special, such as the
vital role of the lay that ensures our Church character of the Church
of the people, without which it can not survive.
you realize the historical fault, failure to the memory of our martyrs
is the desecration of the first Armenian Apostolic Church built in
France after genocide survivors of it? This sacrilege, it was advanced
by undergoing our beloved St. Mary's Church at the top of Boulevard
de la Madeleine in Nice and on the edge of the small Armenian town
built by the first refugees in 1923.
Memory therefore violated but also violated law and statutes of the
diocese violated because they did not allow our "exclusion".
We also experienced physical violence with our General Assembly March
21, 2010 brutally prevented and served once again in breach of the
diocesan statutes, as a pretext to disqualify our two delegates and
gagged by the lack of representativeness our parish at meetings of
the diocese.
The list goes on and as we could still decline other painful reminders.
Because we are all citizens imbued with the values of our beautiful
French Republic, which have no doubt is the best model of inspiration
for the young Republic of Armenia and all legal entities, we can not
remain silent. And when we say "we", it means all of us.
Everyone finds his role as it was before this unfortunate crisis.
Including the diocese must reregister within its mission to serve
the sole influence of our Church.
No one loses in the right way ...
Saturday, October 12, 2013, Ara © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=93879
STE MARIE PARISH COUNCIL OF NICE
Translated from French
Nobody can close our eyes, our church is going through a very serious
crisis in entirely new character.
The truth applies to everyone and demonstration was made. This crisis
will not be solved only by the top of the church hierarchy, but also
the awakening of consciousness of the people and their representatives.
Our country, France, has unfortunately been a major theater of
the drift of the governance of our Church with two paroxysms that
is the situation in our parish and the awakening of consciousness
recent Norvan Bishop Zakarian is clear proof of the authenticity of
everything we denounce the past five years.
On October 19, 2013 will be held the diocesan assembly. The first
after the announcement of his resignation by Bishop Norvan Zakarian
and his revelations about the pressures and unacceptable humiliation
as incomprehensible that endured by the Catholicos whose primary
mission is to spread love and brotherhood of man.
To mark this important milestone, we appeal to the conscience and
reason.
Here in France, the terrible and destructive crisis began in Nice.
Today, there is no other way than the truth out of this crisis and
put an end to its destructive effects not only in the Church but also
beyond, in the fight that we all lead to the memory of our martyrs.
The path of truth should resume where it was lost sight of, that is
to say, Nice.
Repair the injustice and serious moral wounds in our parish is the
first step in a return to a peaceful situation, because nothing can
be built on lies.
How many times since 2009 and appeared to light the true face of the
Father Vatche which we alerted the diocese, we called for help without
ever being heard? Too many times! And each of its calls without return
was further injury which increased our despair and our suffering.
Worse with the permanent reversal of good and evil we endure, since
it is we who are designated as harmful to our church while we are
defending the most sacred values that make it special, such as the
vital role of the lay that ensures our Church character of the Church
of the people, without which it can not survive.
you realize the historical fault, failure to the memory of our martyrs
is the desecration of the first Armenian Apostolic Church built in
France after genocide survivors of it? This sacrilege, it was advanced
by undergoing our beloved St. Mary's Church at the top of Boulevard
de la Madeleine in Nice and on the edge of the small Armenian town
built by the first refugees in 1923.
Memory therefore violated but also violated law and statutes of the
diocese violated because they did not allow our "exclusion".
We also experienced physical violence with our General Assembly March
21, 2010 brutally prevented and served once again in breach of the
diocesan statutes, as a pretext to disqualify our two delegates and
gagged by the lack of representativeness our parish at meetings of
the diocese.
The list goes on and as we could still decline other painful reminders.
Because we are all citizens imbued with the values of our beautiful
French Republic, which have no doubt is the best model of inspiration
for the young Republic of Armenia and all legal entities, we can not
remain silent. And when we say "we", it means all of us.
Everyone finds his role as it was before this unfortunate crisis.
Including the diocese must reregister within its mission to serve
the sole influence of our Church.
No one loses in the right way ...
Saturday, October 12, 2013, Ara © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=93879