Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 12 2012

Armenian Church in Turkey decides to end blessing mixed marriages

12 October 2012 – 4:13pm
The Armenian Patriarchate in Turkey has restarted implementing
regulations in regards to mixed marriages, under which Armenians
marrying a person of a different religion will no longer receive a
blessing or be permitted to conduct a church wedding, Hurriyet
reports.

The permission for a church wedding for mixed marriages started in
2000 with Patriarch Mesrop Mutafyan’s approval, but the move sparked
debate within the community.

`We are putting into practice a law that already exists in our church.
I do not want to make any other statement than this,’ acting Patriarch
Aram AteÅ?yan told the Hürriyet Daily News regarding the latest move.

The new regulation went into effect October 1.

From: Baghdasarian