CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS KAREKIN II: CHRISTIAN VALUES SHOULD BE BASIS OF
OUR LIFE
NOYAN TAPAN
Ju ly 8
ETCHMIADZIN
Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II receiving Foreign Minister of
Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg on July 6, expressed satisfaction
with deepening of Armenian-Czech relations mentioning that the values
of both peoples are based on Christian sources. In this connection
His Holiness the Patriarch noted that Christian values should be the
basis of our life emphasizing that there cannot be happiness in life
without God.
The Minister, in his turn, expressing gratitude for the reception,
touched upon the Armenian church’s important role in the Armenian
history. K.
Schwarzenberg said that his visit is the start of bilateral
cooperation attaching importance to it also in the respect of the
state’s transitional period, attempt to overcome economic and social
difficulties.
According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan by the Information
Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the interlocutors
touched upon the Armenian community, the spiritual life of Czech
Republic, and church-state relations during the meeting.