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    BIG ARMENIAN DIASPORA BEARS WITNESS TO 1915 GENOCIDE - GERMAN INTER-CHURCH COUNCIL

    11:51 * 07.10.14

    In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
    the German Inter-Church Council has called upon the churches across
    the country to commemorate the victims of the tragic massacres.

    In an official statement adopted after its annual assembly in
    Magdeburg, it has stressed the importance of respecting the memory
    of the 1.5 million Armenians, noting that the heinous crime against
    humanity has to date left its heavy imprint on the world history.

    "In 2015, we are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
    Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. From 1915 until 1922, one and a half
    million Armenians were killed, and hundreds were displaced from home
    (the present-day Turkey) and exiled. The 6 million Armenian Diaspora
    scattered around the globe is the visible testimony of that Genocide.

    "One centennial has passed, but what happened has left its heavy
    imprint not only on the Armenian people but also the international
    community. Even if there are no survivors today, the recognition of
    that grief and injustice continues to remain actual.

    "We respect the memory of the Armenians, as well as the around 600,000
    Arameans and Greek Christians (including Catholics and Protestants)
    who were killed along with their Armenians brothers and sisters.

    "The Armenian Church appreciates the World Council of Churches' efforts
    towards 'giving Armenian churches an opportunity to raise their protest
    and struggle for the recognition of the 20th century's first Genocide'.

    "The Armenian Apostolic Church in Germany is a member of the
    Inter-Church Council, and in solidarity with it, we are commemorating
    the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015. In 2005,
    the German Bundestag highlighted Germany's historical and moral
    responsibility for it. As functioning churches in Germany, we jointly
    bear that responsibility and consider it necessary to refer to it
    every time.

    "Hence, the 2014 Inter-Church Council Assembly in Magdeburg encourages
    and calls upon its member churches and communities to commemorate it
    with prayers and memorial events," reads the statement.

    The participants also considered a 2012 proposal for organizing joint
    prayers with the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek churches.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/10/07/germany-interchurch-council/

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