Archbishop Aram Atesyan to visit Armenia

Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, General Vicar of the Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Aram Atesyan will leave for Russia today, according to the website of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul.

Archbishop Atesyan will later arrive in Armenia to participate in the sitting of the Supreme Religious Council and the events organized on the occasion of the Pope’s visit.

The Acting Patriarch stirred a major controversy among Armenians worldwide, including the Armenian community of Turkey, as he sent a highly controversial letter last week to Turkish President Recep Erdogan, criticizing the German Parliament’s decision to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

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“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