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Daily Sabah, Turkey
Sept 8 2014
ANNUAL MASS UNITES ORTHODOX LEADERS
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ' A special religious service held in a historic church in
eastern Turkey brought together top figures of Orthodox churches on
Sunday.
Akdamar Church, located on an island in Lake Van, hosted a religious
service presided by the Vicar of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox Church
Aram AteÅ?yan. Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I,
Patriarchal Vicar of the Assyrian Orthodox Church Yusuf Çetin and
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
attended the mass. It is the first time that leaders of Orthodox
churches in Turkey attend a mass together.
A large crowd of the Orthodox faithful both from Turkey and abroad
were also present at the mass.
Speaking at the mass, AteÅ?yan said it was a historical day for the
Armenian Orthodox community since a Greek Orthodox patriarch attended
a mass in Akdamar for the first time since its foundation in the 10th
century. The annual mass held in the church was the first in 95 years
after it was restored and reopened in 2010.
AteÅ?yan said the attendance by the heads of different churches showed
that the Orthodox community did not have internal conflict.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/09/07/annual-mass-unites-orthodox-leaders
Sept 8 2014
ANNUAL MASS UNITES ORTHODOX LEADERS
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ' A special religious service held in a historic church in
eastern Turkey brought together top figures of Orthodox churches on
Sunday.
Akdamar Church, located on an island in Lake Van, hosted a religious
service presided by the Vicar of Turkey's Armenian Orthodox Church
Aram AteÅ?yan. Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I,
Patriarchal Vicar of the Assyrian Orthodox Church Yusuf Çetin and
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
attended the mass. It is the first time that leaders of Orthodox
churches in Turkey attend a mass together.
A large crowd of the Orthodox faithful both from Turkey and abroad
were also present at the mass.
Speaking at the mass, AteÅ?yan said it was a historical day for the
Armenian Orthodox community since a Greek Orthodox patriarch attended
a mass in Akdamar for the first time since its foundation in the 10th
century. The annual mass held in the church was the first in 95 years
after it was restored and reopened in 2010.
AteÅ?yan said the attendance by the heads of different churches showed
that the Orthodox community did not have internal conflict.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/09/07/annual-mass-unites-orthodox-leaders