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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Contact: V.Rev.Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm

    THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF THE GERMAN CHURCHES EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR THE
    RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE


    In a letter to His Holiness Aram I, the spiritual leader of the German
    Protestant Church, Bishop Wolfgang Huber has affirmed his full support for
    the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and has promised to exert efforts
    in this direction.

    Bishop Huber has informed the Catholicos about the work carried out by the
    German Churches for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide. He has ensured
    Aram I that he personally and the churches he presides over will pursue
    their efforts: "Most recently the German Parliament accepted a common
    statement on the issue. It does not fulfill all expectations but can be seen
    as a step in the right direction . I tell you this in order to assure you,
    that EKD and myself will try to do what we can to intensify the process of
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide and to encourage a process of
    reconciliation between the Armenian and the Turkish people."

    Bishop Huber is a personal friend of His Holiness Aram I. The Catholicos had
    written to him a month ago, requesting his support in the efforts for the
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Germany.

    The German Bundestag adopted a resolution lately condemning the Armenian
    atrocities and apologizing for the role played by Germany in them.

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    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
    the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
    activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
    the Catholicosate, http://www.cathcil.org/ The Cilician Catholicosate, the
    administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.
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