WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES PAYS RESPECT TO GENOCIDE VICTIMS
Tert.am
23.09.11
A delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited today
Yerevan’s Tsitsernakaberd memorial to pay tribute to the victims of
the Armenian Genocide.
Speaking to reporters after the visit, the Council’s President Olav
Tveit said he had prayed for the rest of the innocent martyrs on
behalf of the 350 churches represented in the organization.
WCC recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1983. Every year on April 24,
the churches affiliated with the Council commemorate the anniversary
of the 20th century’s biggest atrocity.
Tveit has been invited to Armenia by Supreme Patriarch Garegin II. On
September 21, he attended the celebrations dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of Armenia’s independence. He also visited the Gevorgyan
seminary in the town of Echmiadzin to deliver a lecture on theology
to the students
Tveit is also scheduled to visit the Matenadaran, the institute of
ancient Armenian manuscripts.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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