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Serj Tankian expresses his admiration with Pope Francis' straightforwardness
14:54, 12 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. The prominent American-Armenian rock
musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and
political activist Serj Tankianhas reflected on the Divine Liturgy
dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide offered by
Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica today and expressed his
admiration with the straightforwardness of Pope Francis.
As reports "Armenpress", the Armenian-American musician particularly
underscored on his Facebook page: "It's nice to see one leader who
hasn't changed his tone since ascending to a higher office."
Previously it was reported that in his sermon during the Divine
Liturgy dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
offered in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called the mass killings
and massacres of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915 a
Genocide. He said that the slaughter of the Armenians was the first
genocide of the 20th century.
Among other things, Pope Francis said the Armenian killings were the
first of three "massive and unprecedented" genocides that was followed
by the Holocaust and Stalinism. He said others had followed, including
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia.
The Pope welcomed the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians His
Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram
I and the Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia Nerses Petros
XIX, who attended the liturgy.
Pope Francis also honored the Armenian community at the start of the
Mass by pronouncing a 10th-century Armenian mystic, St. Gregory of
Narek, a doctor of the church. Only 35 people have been given the
title, which is reserved for those whose writings have greatly served
the universal church.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/801419/serj-tankian-expresses-his-admiration-with-pope-francis%E2%80%99-straightforwardness.html
14:54, 12 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. The prominent American-Armenian rock
musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and
political activist Serj Tankianhas reflected on the Divine Liturgy
dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide offered by
Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica today and expressed his
admiration with the straightforwardness of Pope Francis.
As reports "Armenpress", the Armenian-American musician particularly
underscored on his Facebook page: "It's nice to see one leader who
hasn't changed his tone since ascending to a higher office."
Previously it was reported that in his sermon during the Divine
Liturgy dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
offered in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called the mass killings
and massacres of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915 a
Genocide. He said that the slaughter of the Armenians was the first
genocide of the 20th century.
Among other things, Pope Francis said the Armenian killings were the
first of three "massive and unprecedented" genocides that was followed
by the Holocaust and Stalinism. He said others had followed, including
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia.
The Pope welcomed the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians His
Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram
I and the Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia Nerses Petros
XIX, who attended the liturgy.
Pope Francis also honored the Armenian community at the start of the
Mass by pronouncing a 10th-century Armenian mystic, St. Gregory of
Narek, a doctor of the church. Only 35 people have been given the
title, which is reserved for those whose writings have greatly served
the universal church.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/801419/serj-tankian-expresses-his-admiration-with-pope-francis%E2%80%99-straightforwardness.html