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ARMENIA'S SARGSYAN ATTENDS PHOTO EXHIBITION ABOUT MIDDLE EAST CHRISTIANS IN ROME
YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan who
is in Vatikan on official visit has attended the opening of the photo
exhibition entitled "Parables of the Orient. The Christianity and the
Challenge of the New Millennium" held in Vittoriano museum complex,
the presidential press office reported.
The exhibition aims at focusing the attention of the global community
on the protection of the rich architectural and artistic legacy that,
from centuries, represents a fundamental part of the Christian culture.
The exhibition includes photographs from nine Middle-East countries,
as well as a documentary about destruction of Armenian cross-stones
in Jugha, Azerbaijan.
"I was carefully and silently considering every item at this unique
exhibition, and I am still under impression. If not the honor to
take the floor, I may have kept silence for long like those photos
had. In speaking about the exhibition, our ambassador called it a
"mute outcry" telling about the blows that the Christianity suffered
and is still suffering in its cradle, the Middle East", Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan said genocides, xenophobia and barbarian destruction of
cultural heritage that is not condemned, clearly and unambiguously,
leads to new crimes. There are lots of examples and one of them is
purposeful destruction of Armenian cross-stones in Jugha and uprooting
of the Armenian Christian cultural heritage across Nakhichevan and
Azerbaijan over the last 20 years, Sargsyan said.
The centennial of the Armenian genocide will be observed next year, but
it has not been adequately condemned yet, the Armenian president said.
According to the president, the power of the religion should be used
to reach peace and tolerance all over the world.
The photo exhibition was initiated by the Armenian Embassy to the Holy
See as part of a friendship festival in Rome and will travel also to
other European cities. In their talks Armenian ambassador to the Holy
See Mickael Minasyan, head of San Egidio community Marco Impaliacco
and chairman of the Pontifical Council for Culture Janfranco Ravazi
spoke about the current status of Christians in the Middle East and
need for protection of social and cultural legacy there.
Sargsyan has also visited San-Bartolomeo church and paid tribute to
Christian martyrs, including victims of the Armenian genocide.
On the same day the Christian community of San Egidio gave a dinner
in the honor of the Armenian president. -0--
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YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan who
is in Vatikan on official visit has attended the opening of the photo
exhibition entitled "Parables of the Orient. The Christianity and the
Challenge of the New Millennium" held in Vittoriano museum complex,
the presidential press office reported.
The exhibition aims at focusing the attention of the global community
on the protection of the rich architectural and artistic legacy that,
from centuries, represents a fundamental part of the Christian culture.
The exhibition includes photographs from nine Middle-East countries,
as well as a documentary about destruction of Armenian cross-stones
in Jugha, Azerbaijan.
"I was carefully and silently considering every item at this unique
exhibition, and I am still under impression. If not the honor to
take the floor, I may have kept silence for long like those photos
had. In speaking about the exhibition, our ambassador called it a
"mute outcry" telling about the blows that the Christianity suffered
and is still suffering in its cradle, the Middle East", Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan said genocides, xenophobia and barbarian destruction of
cultural heritage that is not condemned, clearly and unambiguously,
leads to new crimes. There are lots of examples and one of them is
purposeful destruction of Armenian cross-stones in Jugha and uprooting
of the Armenian Christian cultural heritage across Nakhichevan and
Azerbaijan over the last 20 years, Sargsyan said.
The centennial of the Armenian genocide will be observed next year, but
it has not been adequately condemned yet, the Armenian president said.
According to the president, the power of the religion should be used
to reach peace and tolerance all over the world.
The photo exhibition was initiated by the Armenian Embassy to the Holy
See as part of a friendship festival in Rome and will travel also to
other European cities. In their talks Armenian ambassador to the Holy
See Mickael Minasyan, head of San Egidio community Marco Impaliacco
and chairman of the Pontifical Council for Culture Janfranco Ravazi
spoke about the current status of Christians in the Middle East and
need for protection of social and cultural legacy there.
Sargsyan has also visited San-Bartolomeo church and paid tribute to
Christian martyrs, including victims of the Armenian genocide.
On the same day the Christian community of San Egidio gave a dinner
in the honor of the Armenian president. -0--
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_sargsyan_attends_photo_exhibition_about_ middle_east_christians_in_rome/#sthash.6hTt0DGS.dpuf