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A CALL TO THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TO UNITE IN PRAYER AT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE SYRIAC SAYFO CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION
10:12, 14 Oct 2014
On October 13, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness
Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and
His Holiness Mor Ignatius Ephrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the
East, signed a joint declaration in the presence of the delegations
of the two Churches.
The statement is as follows:
HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II SUPREME PATRIARCH AND CATHOLICOS OF ALL
ARMENIANS
AND
HIS HOLINESS MOR IGNATIUS APHREM II PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE
EAST AND SUPREME HEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin October 13, 2014
We, KAREKIN II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
and Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, offer
thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
for providing us the opportunity to meet in the spiritual center of
all Armenians, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by the fraternal
invitation of the Catholicos of All Armenians, to affirm the unity
of faith, and the willful desire to continue cooperation between the
two sister Churches.
The Armenian and Syriac Orthodox sister Churches, founded by
the Apostles, share the same Christology and Apostolic Tradition,
patristic heritage and common saints, confessors and witnesses. We
are happy to acknowledge that today as well the historical relations
between our two churches are developing closer.
In this fast changing world our Churches are facing new challenges in
their pastoral life. We place great importance upon the development
of our bilateral relations in the areas of spiritual and theological
education, pastoral life and promotion of monasticism. We encourage
the representatives of our Churches to continue their cooperative
efforts on the diocesan levels.
We are greatly concerned with the situation in the Middle East. Today
the countries of the Middle East, which are the birthplace of the
monotheist religions and where representatives of different religions
have lived and worked side by side for centuries, are going through
major crisis. We strongly condemn the activities of all terrorist
groups and religious extremists, and all violence committed against
Christians, Muslims, Yazidi people and other minorities. We are hopeful
that the war on terror in Iraq and Syria will succeed in establishing
peace in the region, so that those who were forced into exile may
return to their homes.
We also express our concern for the continuing war in Syria. Once again
we call upon the international community to respect the will of the
Syrian people to solve their own political problems and dissensions
strictly by peaceful means. We urge and pray for the immediate
release of two kidnapped archbishops Mor Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim
and Boulos Yazigi. We are hopeful that the international community
will continue to provide humanitarian aid to the region, whether it
be of a financial, medical or other nature helpful to human life,
and remove all obstacles in the way of humanitarian assistance.
One hundred years have passed since the beginning of the First World
War which caused so much destruction and human misfortune. Different
nations and governments of the world remember the evils of mankind
and recall the events which brought about irreversible losses. The
war brought about painful consequences for the Armenians, who lost
one and half million of their people and a great part of their land
and Syriacs who, have lost more than five hundred thousand of their
population. We offer prayers for Armenian and Syriac martyrs as well
as other victims of the World War I. We invite the entire Christian
world to unite in prayer at the Armenian Genocide and the Syriac Sayfo
centennial commemorative events in 2015. We call upon the civilized
world to recognize and condemn the crimes committed against the
Armenian and Syriac peoples as well as other Christian communities.
We give thanks to God Almighty for the existing cooperation between
the Oriental Orthodox Churches, which share the same faith. We
happily acknowledge that our Church family engages in the ecumenical
movement and in dialogues with the other churches and Christian
communities. In these new historical realities the theological
dialogues must contribute to the common witness of the Church of
Christ in the changing world. We are pleased that the bilateral and
multilateral relations are progressing with representatives of other
religions and inter-religious organizations, for the peace in the
world as well as for the wellbeing and prosperity of humankind.
We pray to God for the splendor of the Churches, and for peace on
earth and especially in the Middle East, asking that the Lord will
soon grant peace and a undisturbed life to the people of Syria."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/14/a-call-to-the-christian-world-to-unite-in-prayer-at-the-armenian-genocide-and-the-syriac-sayfo-centennial-commemoration-in-2015/
10:12, 14 Oct 2014
On October 13, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness
Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and
His Holiness Mor Ignatius Ephrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the
East, signed a joint declaration in the presence of the delegations
of the two Churches.
The statement is as follows:
HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II SUPREME PATRIARCH AND CATHOLICOS OF ALL
ARMENIANS
AND
HIS HOLINESS MOR IGNATIUS APHREM II PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE
EAST AND SUPREME HEAD OF THE UNIVERSAL SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin October 13, 2014
We, KAREKIN II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,
and Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, offer
thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
for providing us the opportunity to meet in the spiritual center of
all Armenians, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by the fraternal
invitation of the Catholicos of All Armenians, to affirm the unity
of faith, and the willful desire to continue cooperation between the
two sister Churches.
The Armenian and Syriac Orthodox sister Churches, founded by
the Apostles, share the same Christology and Apostolic Tradition,
patristic heritage and common saints, confessors and witnesses. We
are happy to acknowledge that today as well the historical relations
between our two churches are developing closer.
In this fast changing world our Churches are facing new challenges in
their pastoral life. We place great importance upon the development
of our bilateral relations in the areas of spiritual and theological
education, pastoral life and promotion of monasticism. We encourage
the representatives of our Churches to continue their cooperative
efforts on the diocesan levels.
We are greatly concerned with the situation in the Middle East. Today
the countries of the Middle East, which are the birthplace of the
monotheist religions and where representatives of different religions
have lived and worked side by side for centuries, are going through
major crisis. We strongly condemn the activities of all terrorist
groups and religious extremists, and all violence committed against
Christians, Muslims, Yazidi people and other minorities. We are hopeful
that the war on terror in Iraq and Syria will succeed in establishing
peace in the region, so that those who were forced into exile may
return to their homes.
We also express our concern for the continuing war in Syria. Once again
we call upon the international community to respect the will of the
Syrian people to solve their own political problems and dissensions
strictly by peaceful means. We urge and pray for the immediate
release of two kidnapped archbishops Mor Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim
and Boulos Yazigi. We are hopeful that the international community
will continue to provide humanitarian aid to the region, whether it
be of a financial, medical or other nature helpful to human life,
and remove all obstacles in the way of humanitarian assistance.
One hundred years have passed since the beginning of the First World
War which caused so much destruction and human misfortune. Different
nations and governments of the world remember the evils of mankind
and recall the events which brought about irreversible losses. The
war brought about painful consequences for the Armenians, who lost
one and half million of their people and a great part of their land
and Syriacs who, have lost more than five hundred thousand of their
population. We offer prayers for Armenian and Syriac martyrs as well
as other victims of the World War I. We invite the entire Christian
world to unite in prayer at the Armenian Genocide and the Syriac Sayfo
centennial commemorative events in 2015. We call upon the civilized
world to recognize and condemn the crimes committed against the
Armenian and Syriac peoples as well as other Christian communities.
We give thanks to God Almighty for the existing cooperation between
the Oriental Orthodox Churches, which share the same faith. We
happily acknowledge that our Church family engages in the ecumenical
movement and in dialogues with the other churches and Christian
communities. In these new historical realities the theological
dialogues must contribute to the common witness of the Church of
Christ in the changing world. We are pleased that the bilateral and
multilateral relations are progressing with representatives of other
religions and inter-religious organizations, for the peace in the
world as well as for the wellbeing and prosperity of humankind.
We pray to God for the splendor of the Churches, and for peace on
earth and especially in the Middle East, asking that the Lord will
soon grant peace and a undisturbed life to the people of Syria."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/10/14/a-call-to-the-christian-world-to-unite-in-prayer-at-the-armenian-genocide-and-the-syriac-sayfo-centennial-commemoration-in-2015/