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PRESS OFFICE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada
615 Stuart Avenue, Outremont-Quebec H2V 3H2
Contact: Deacon Hagop Arslanian,
Tel: 514-276-9479
Fax: 514-276-9960
Email: [email protected]
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
of Canada announces to the beloved members of the Diocese that
following lengthy, laborious and difficult efforts and meetings, the
crisis evolved by the issue of the uncompleted church building project
of Laval Holy Cross Parish, on Souvenir Street, has been resolved. The
handling of this church building project, particularly during the past
4-5 years has often been controversial and has been shown by now to be
unwise, judged by the results which have led the Holy Cross parish and
the Diocese into an unprecedented financial and moral crisis.
Indeed, not only the construction project has been brought to an
unresolvable standstill, but also the Holy Cross parish and the
Diocese have been submitted to enormous debts, and have become subject
to judiciary pursuits that threatened the very existence of the Holy
Cross church.I n view of this extremely serious situation, in
application of the directive given on this matter by the Annual
Diocesan General Assembly of May 31st, and in application of article
106 of the Diocesan Bylaws http://armenianchurch.ca/dioc/bylaws/ ,
the Diocesan Council and the Diocesan Board of Trustees, with the
participation of the Holy Cross parish council and of its diocesan
delegates, have embarked upon a serious pursuit of the resolution of
this crisis with a high sense of responsibility. Following a series of
intensive meetings and consultations and after all logical and
realistic alternatives have been considered, it was decided, as an
optimal solution, to sell the land on Souvenir Street with the
unfinished building structure. By the joint decision of the Diocesan
Council, the Diocesan Board of Trustees, the Holy Cross Parish Council
and Delegates, on September 25, 2014, the offer by the local Coptic
community to buy the land on Souvenir Street was accepted at a best
negotiated price, for a project of building a church.The resolution of
this issue has, on the one hand relieved the Holy Cross parish and the
Diocese from the heavy and unprecedented debts, and on the other hand
has put back the Holy Cross Church in sound financial status, so that
finally the Holy Cross parish will be enabled to resume more
optimistically the pursuit of owning a new church. In fact we affirm
that as a result of this selling process, after closing all financial
debts and clearing judiciary actions, the remaining sum from the
transactions will definitely be available to the Holy Cross parish's
intended objective. On this occasion the Diocesan Council expresses
profound appreciation to all those who over the past many years have
contributed large or modest amounts of donations for the project of
construction of the Holy Cross Church and assures that those donations
will thus find their use towards the sacred project of acquiring a
church. As a point of information, the Diocesan Council will submit to
the Annual Diocesan Assembly a corresponding financial and activity
report.In conclusion, we convey our best wishes of success to the
Parish Council and Auxiliary organizations of the Holy Cross Church in
their mission dedicated to the church and the nation.
Diocesan Council, Diocesan Board of Trustees of the Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada
615 Stuart Avenue, Outremont-Quebec H2V 3H2
Contact: Deacon Hagop Arslanian,
Tel: 514-276-9479
Fax: 514-276-9960
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.armenianchurch.ca/
http://armenianchurch.ca/
http://armenianchurch.ca/
http://armenianchurch.ca/
http://armenianchurch.ca/church/
http://armenianchurch.ca/dioc/
http://armenianchurch.ca/organiza/
http://armenianchurch.ca/ministries/
http://armenianchurch.ca/our-community/
http://armenianchurch.ca/faith-wo/
http://armenianchurch.ca/dona/
http://armenianchurch.ca/enprayer-of-the-weekfrprayer-of-the-weekhyprayer-of-the-week-11/
http://armenianchurch.ca/enbible-reading-of-the-week-frbible-reading-of-the-week-hybible-reading-of-the-week/
http://www.youtube.com/user/CanArmChurch
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105441762838589&ref=ts#!/home.php?sk=group
_220828927929836
By pressoffice http://armenianchurch.ca/author/pressoffice/
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
of Canada announces to the beloved members of the Diocese that
following lengthy, laborious and difficult efforts and meetings, the
crisis evolved by the issue of the uncompleted church building project
of Laval Holy Cross Parish, on Souvenir Street, has been resolved. The
handling of this church building project, particularly during the past
4-5 years has often been controversial and has been shown by now to be
unwise, judged by the results which have led the Holy Cross parish and
the Diocese into an unprecedented financial and moral crisis.
Indeed, not only the construction project has been brought to an
unresolvable standstill, but also the Holy Cross parish and the
Diocese have been submitted to enormous debts, and have become subject
to judiciary pursuits that threatened the very existence of the Holy
Cross church.I n view of this extremely serious situation, in
application of the directive given on this matter by the Annual
Diocesan General Assembly of May 31st, and in application of article
106 of the Diocesan Bylaws http://armenianchurch.ca/dioc/bylaws/ ,
the Diocesan Council and the Diocesan Board of Trustees, with the
participation of the Holy Cross parish council and of its diocesan
delegates, have embarked upon a serious pursuit of the resolution of
this crisis with a high sense of responsibility. Following a series of
intensive meetings and consultations and after all logical and
realistic alternatives have been considered, it was decided, as an
optimal solution, to sell the land on Souvenir Street with the
unfinished building structure. By the joint decision of the Diocesan
Council, the Diocesan Board of Trustees, the Holy Cross Parish Council
and Delegates, on September 25, 2014, the offer by the local Coptic
community to buy the land on Souvenir Street was accepted at a best
negotiated price, for a project of building a church.The resolution of
this issue has, on the one hand relieved the Holy Cross parish and the
Diocese from the heavy and unprecedented debts, and on the other hand
has put back the Holy Cross Church in sound financial status, so that
finally the Holy Cross parish will be enabled to resume more
optimistically the pursuit of owning a new church. In fact we affirm
that as a result of this selling process, after closing all financial
debts and clearing judiciary actions, the remaining sum from the
transactions will definitely be available to the Holy Cross parish's
intended objective. On this occasion the Diocesan Council expresses
profound appreciation to all those who over the past many years have
contributed large or modest amounts of donations for the project of
construction of the Holy Cross Church and assures that those donations
will thus find their use towards the sacred project of acquiring a
church. As a point of information, the Diocesan Council will submit to
the Annual Diocesan Assembly a corresponding financial and activity
report.In conclusion, we convey our best wishes of success to the
Parish Council and Auxiliary organizations of the Holy Cross Church in
their mission dedicated to the church and the nation.
Diocesan Council, Diocesan Board of Trustees of the Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church of Canada