CHURCH CALLS TO REPENTANCE
Support A1+!Secretary General of the World Church Council Samuel Cobia sent a letter to Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II with a promise to mention the Armenian Genocide during the services in all the Churches of the Council on April 24.
April 6- 10 the Board of Chairs of the Conference of the Churches of Europe (CCE) summoned a sitting in the Swedish town of Wasteras to state that the murderous deeds against Armenians must not be forgotten and that re-consideration of history will open the path to forgiveness, deliverance of bitter recollections and for the creation of joint future.
The CCE Chairs support the proposal of the World Church Council to mark the 24-th of April as the Day of Genocide and take essential steps on the occasion of the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. All the Churched in Europe and beyond its borders can play an important role in contributing to the reconciliation of nations. Press service of Holy Echmiadzin reported that the CCE Chairs call the Turkish government to start a process of reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian people with acknowledging the blame and declaration of the truth. In this view the CCE welcomed the proposal of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on opening the Turkish archives. The Armenian and independent experts should have free access to these documents.
The message says in part, “We call the Turkish government to create conditions for holding free and just public discussions of the carnages and exiles of the Armenian people.”
Let us remind that Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan rejected Turkish Premier’s proposal. «The Genocide is a proved fact while personally I am a descendant of one of those, who survived it», A. Margaryan said
