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    PRESS OFFICE
    Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
    630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
    Tel: (212) 686-0710; Fax: (212) 779-3558
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Website: http://www.armenianchurch-ed.net

    August 24, 2012

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    Helping the Armenian Community of Syria

    In response to a directive issued by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
    calling on all dioceses to initiate efforts for Syrian relief, Archbishop
    Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
    (Eastern), is asking the faithful of the Eastern Diocese to take part in the
    relief effort.

    As fighting in Syria continues, the local Armenian community has been beset
    by increasing difficulties-including heightened threats to safety and
    financial stability. The Armenian community of Homs and many Armenian
    families living in Aleppo and Damascus have fled their homes to find refuge
    with relatives. Local Armenian institutions have been struggling to continue
    operations.

    Bishop Armash Nalbandyan, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus,
    informed Holy Etchmiadzin that a Syrian-Armenian emergency aid organization
    has been formed to provide refugees with housing and medical assistance, and
    to meet other immediate needs of the community. In addition, the aid
    organization supports local churches, schools, and cultural institutions,
    which strive to preserve the historic Armenian presence in Syria.

    Individuals and parishes can make checks out to the Diocese of the Armenian
    Church of America (please write "Syrian Relief" in the memo). All funds
    collected should be sent to the Diocesan Center (630 Second Avenue, New
    York, NY 10016) no later than Monday, October 1.

    Individuals can also contribute online at www.armenianchurch-ed.net. (Please
    click on "Make a Donation" on the homepage. In the lower part of the online
    information entry form, select the button "In Memory of," and type "Syrian
    Relief" in the memo bar that appears.)

    All the proceeds collected will go to the relief efforts, to be distributed
    through the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

    "Above all, we ask everyone to include the people of Syria in your prayers,
    and to ask our Lord to bestow peace on the victims and consolation on their
    families," Archbishop Barsamian wrote in his message.

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