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    CHURCH MUST NOT INTERFERE IN POLITICS, SCHOLAR SAYS

    Tert.am
    02.08.11

    "If our Church is criticized, I think it should most strongly be
    criticized for being totally indifferent," Vardan Devrikyan, Deputy
    Director of the Institute of Literature, Armenian National Academy of
    Sciences (ANAS), told journalists on August 2. "Vardanants [an Armenian
    religious festival] was defamed, and no response. The role of Mashtots
    is being reconsidered, no response. This latest absurdity [expert in
    monuments Samvel Karapetyan's statement on revival of Chalcedonian
    Christianity], no response again. I just cannot understand this
    attitude," he said.

    According to Devrikyan, the Church must not interfere in political
    life. On the other hand, it must play a serious role in resolving
    socio-economic problems. Responding to Tert.am question as to whether
    it is possible to remain politically neutral and play a role in
    socio-economic life, the scholar said that "social problems turn into
    political ones only when people say certain problems will be resolved
    if certain forces come to power. The Church must voice its opinion
    on social problems without, however, taking up a political stance,"
    Devrikyan said.


    From: Baghdasarian
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