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CATHOLICOS ARAM I SENDS LETTERS TO EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE GHPTI CHURCH
21:34, 17 February, 2015
YEREVAN, 17 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos
has sent condolence messages and letters of support to President of
Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and leader of the Ghpti Church Patriarch
Tavatros II on the death of 21 Ghpti Egyptians who were killed by
Islamist extremists in Libya, as "Armenpress" reports, according to the
official website of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
After expressing condolences, the Supreme Patriarch reminded the
people of Egypt about the dangerous consequences of extremism that
is disturbing the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims.
In his letter addressed to Patriarch Tavatros II, Catholicos Aram I
expressed his condolences on the death of 21 innocent followers of the
Ghpti Church, referring to them as martyrs of the 21st century."Those
who die for the Christian Church have a special place. The 21 Ghptis
who shed their blood, need to give us strength to stay true to our
faith," as stated in the letter.
At the end of the letters, His Holiness expresses support to the people
of Egypt and the Sister Ghpti Church on behalf of the Catholicosate
of the Great House of Cilicia.
21:34, 17 February, 2015
YEREVAN, 17 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos
has sent condolence messages and letters of support to President of
Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and leader of the Ghpti Church Patriarch
Tavatros II on the death of 21 Ghpti Egyptians who were killed by
Islamist extremists in Libya, as "Armenpress" reports, according to the
official website of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
After expressing condolences, the Supreme Patriarch reminded the
people of Egypt about the dangerous consequences of extremism that
is disturbing the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims.
In his letter addressed to Patriarch Tavatros II, Catholicos Aram I
expressed his condolences on the death of 21 innocent followers of the
Ghpti Church, referring to them as martyrs of the 21st century."Those
who die for the Christian Church have a special place. The 21 Ghptis
who shed their blood, need to give us strength to stay true to our
faith," as stated in the letter.
At the end of the letters, His Holiness expresses support to the people
of Egypt and the Sister Ghpti Church on behalf of the Catholicosate
of the Great House of Cilicia.