ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES PRAY FOR SYRIA’S KESSAB
March 24, 2014 | 14:34
During Sunday’s services, all Armenian Evangelical Churches around
the world extended special prayers for Syria’s predominantly
Armenian-populated town of Kessab and its inhabitants.
Brother Nerses Gedigian, Secretary of the Union of the Armenian
Evangelical Churches of Bulgaria, told the aforementioned to Kantegh
(Lantern) Ararat.
The pastors of the ArmenianEvangelicalChurches and their
representatives made similar initiatives around the world, Brother
Gedigian also informed.
As reported earlier, in the early morning on March 21, armed militants
from the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group infiltrated from Turkey into
northern Syria’s Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited
by Armenians and Alawites. At present, there is a fierce fight between
the Syrian government army and the militants. Numerous displaced
Kessab Armenians are currently sheltered in Latakia, Syria. On Sunday,
Turkey provided direct assistance to the terrorists by downing a Syrian
military plane. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised Catholicos
Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the ArmenianApostolicChurch
to do everything possible to protect the Armenians in Kessab.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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