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    ACT NOW. NOT TOMORROW

    Below is a letter Keghart.com Editorial Board member Dr. Dikran
    Abrahamian sent to four Armenian community leaders in Montreal,
    signatories of a recent circular "The time has come to stop slandering
    and to think of the future of our church and community".--Editor

    July 17, 2013 Ontario

    Dear Friends,

    Thank you for the recent circular initiated by 23 individuals,
    regarding the turmoil at the Armenian Diocese of Canada.

    We, at Keghart, realize the importance of the issue and support
    any initiative that would improve "the future of our church and
    community". The problems that we face, such as corruption, nepotism,
    fraud, despotism, to name a few, are not unique to our Church and
    community but are noted in many clusters of the Armenian Diaspora,
    from Geneva to Montreal, Los Angeles to Lyon and Nice. Etchmiadzin
    and Antelias are not immune either.

    [.......]

    You may already have read the petition in Keghart, titled Stop the
    Fake Monument, about another challenge our community in Canada is
    facing as it tries to neutralize the almost-complete success of the
    campaign launched by the Turkish ambassador and consul general in
    Toronto of the denailist state of Turkey. We think that resolving
    the internal matters of the community, such as the recent scandal in
    Montreal, and the battle against the stooges of the state of Turkey
    in Canada are equally important.

    Having said so we need to prioritize matters based on urgency and
    time-sensitivity.

    The issue of the controversial fake monument will not wait until we
    finally decide to act. Our inactivity will be deleterious. We still
    have a chance to resolve the problem in our favor. Unofficially,
    I have been informed that the mayor of Brantford has refused to
    meet a delegation of Armenians today. It tells volumes. Action is
    required now, not tomorrow when another monument will be installed
    following the one in Ottawa and the Calgary mayor's assistance to
    the Azeri-Turkish lobby.

    Reluctantly, in this constellation of events, I shall withdraw your
    circular, because it will distract people from responding to the
    Brantford challenge--the target we should concentrate our efforts at
    present. I know you follow the logic of my decision. Please organize
    the community in that direction, rather than trying to resolve an
    internal matter which needs time. Keghart cannot engage in activities
    that need manpower, such as contacting the Alevis, alerting them or
    other communities, such as the Assyrians and the Kurds. [....]

    Hopefully Karekin II-Serge Sarkissian duo will take care of all the
    matters pertaining to the Church from Beijing to Beirut and beyond.

    Thanks for your attention.

    Respectfully,

    Dikran Abrahamian

    On July 18, 2013 Keghart.com received a document titled "To Locum
    Tenens and few prominent members of the Canadian Armenian Community"
    by regular mail. It was penned by "A former Parish Council Member of
    the Holy Trinity Armenian Church, Toronto" (July 14, 2013).

    Keghart.com thanks the author but will not publish the document for the
    same reasons as outlined in the above letter to a number of community
    leaders in Montreal.--Editor

    http://www.keghart.com/Abrahamian-ActNow

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