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CARDINAL ALSO FOUGHT FOR SURVIVAL OF OLD JULFA CROSS-STONES
19:14, 27 October, 2014
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS: President of the Pontifical Council
for Culture, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is of the opinion that the
Armenian cross-stones spread in the entire territory of Armenia and
throughout the world voice about the Armenian history, Armenpress
reports.
The Cardinal is sorry that in consequence of clashes of peoples,
such atrocities happen, when Armenian cross-stones are eliminated.
"I am full of hope that the meeting of the two presidents due in Paris
will be crucial in preventing repetition of similar crimes in future.
As president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, I myself applied
to the UNESCO Secretary General years ago so that everything possible
is done for saving those historical documents - Julfa cross-stones,"
Gianfranco Ravasi said in answer to the question on how he treats
the annihilation of the Julfa cross-stones by Azerbaijan.
Over 10 thousand cross-stones have been calculated in the territory of
Old Julfa (Old Jugha), which have been destroyed in different periods
of time. The latest annihilation by the Azerbaijani government took
place in 2005-2006, when the Armenian cemetery of Julfa together with
thousands of cross-stones was destroyed.
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/781645/cardinal-also-fought-for-survival-of-old-julfa-cross-stones.html
19:14, 27 October, 2014
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, ARMENPRESS: President of the Pontifical Council
for Culture, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is of the opinion that the
Armenian cross-stones spread in the entire territory of Armenia and
throughout the world voice about the Armenian history, Armenpress
reports.
The Cardinal is sorry that in consequence of clashes of peoples,
such atrocities happen, when Armenian cross-stones are eliminated.
"I am full of hope that the meeting of the two presidents due in Paris
will be crucial in preventing repetition of similar crimes in future.
As president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, I myself applied
to the UNESCO Secretary General years ago so that everything possible
is done for saving those historical documents - Julfa cross-stones,"
Gianfranco Ravasi said in answer to the question on how he treats
the annihilation of the Julfa cross-stones by Azerbaijan.
Over 10 thousand cross-stones have been calculated in the territory of
Old Julfa (Old Jugha), which have been destroyed in different periods
of time. The latest annihilation by the Azerbaijani government took
place in 2005-2006, when the Armenian cemetery of Julfa together with
thousands of cross-stones was destroyed.
http://armenpress.am/eng/print/781645/cardinal-also-fought-for-survival-of-old-julfa-cross-stones.html