ANTELIAS: "The first Armenian church will be built in Abu Dhabi"

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"THE FIRST ARMENIAN CHURCH WILL BE BUILT IN ABU DHABI"
Announced His Holiness Aram I

After leaving India, H.H. Catholicos Aram I spent two days in the Gulf
Region visiting the members of the Armenian Diocese. The Prelate H.E.
Archbishop Gorun Babian and members of the National Council welcomed him at
the airport in Dubai and accompanied him during his stay.

In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, His Holiness met with the clergy and lay leaders of
both communities and greeted the members during a Vespers Service in Abu
Dhabi. In his address he invited the people to deepen their faith in God and
shape their lives according to the Gospel values.

His Holiness also met with the Ambassadors of Lebanon and Armenia. The
highlight of his visit to the Gulf was the meeting with the Political
Authorities of Abu Dhabi, who informed His Holiness that in response to an
earlier request, the ruler of Abu Dhabi was offering a peace of land 3000
square meters large to build a church and a community center.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS