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PRIMATE OF ARMENIAN DIOCESE SPEAKS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AT MEETING WITH BASHAR AL- ASSAD
13:12, 22 December, 2014
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
hosted Muslim and Christian clergymen on December 21. As reports
"Armenpress", at the course of the meeting, His Grace Bishop Armash
Nalbandian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, expressed
his gratitude to the President for the reception. Among other things,
His Grace Bishop Armash Nalbandian reflected on the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide and highlighted the humanistic stance of
Syria's Arab people during the massacres.
As reports "Armenpress" citing SANA, President Bashar al-Assad said the
Syrians are quite aware of the truth about the situation in their own
country, which opens up new prospects for religious work for drawing
a line between subversive fanaticism and genuine faith.
The President's comments came during his meeting with a delegation of
Muslim and Christian clergymen who are taking part in the Religious
Endowments (Awqaf) Ministry's annual conference which kicked off in
Damascus on Sunday.
Genuine religious faith, said the President, is underpinned by ethics,
amity, cooperation and respecting the other as diametrically opposed to
"subversive fanaticism".
He underlined religious clergymen's significant role in enhancing
national reconciliations and disseminating a culture of dialogue
among the Syrian people.
The President said such meetings carry great connotations on the
national and historic levels as they reflect the unity and cohesion of
the Syrian society which is rich in religious and ethnic components,
attributing to it Syria's epic steadfastness against the fierce
campaign targeting it.
The participants, for their part, voiced confidence that Syria will
remain a mosaic of cultural diversity that will be preserved by the
Syrian people's steadfastness and rejection of takfiri thoughts that
are alien to the Syrian society.
At the end of the meeting, Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul Sattar
al-Sayyed handed over to President al-Assad, on behalf of participants
in the conference, a draft of "Fadila (Virtue)" project, the key
topic on the conference's agenda.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/788796/primate-of-armenian-diocese-speaks-of-armenian-genocide-at-meeting-with-bashar-al-assad.html
13:12, 22 December, 2014
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
hosted Muslim and Christian clergymen on December 21. As reports
"Armenpress", at the course of the meeting, His Grace Bishop Armash
Nalbandian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, expressed
his gratitude to the President for the reception. Among other things,
His Grace Bishop Armash Nalbandian reflected on the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide and highlighted the humanistic stance of
Syria's Arab people during the massacres.
As reports "Armenpress" citing SANA, President Bashar al-Assad said the
Syrians are quite aware of the truth about the situation in their own
country, which opens up new prospects for religious work for drawing
a line between subversive fanaticism and genuine faith.
The President's comments came during his meeting with a delegation of
Muslim and Christian clergymen who are taking part in the Religious
Endowments (Awqaf) Ministry's annual conference which kicked off in
Damascus on Sunday.
Genuine religious faith, said the President, is underpinned by ethics,
amity, cooperation and respecting the other as diametrically opposed to
"subversive fanaticism".
He underlined religious clergymen's significant role in enhancing
national reconciliations and disseminating a culture of dialogue
among the Syrian people.
The President said such meetings carry great connotations on the
national and historic levels as they reflect the unity and cohesion of
the Syrian society which is rich in religious and ethnic components,
attributing to it Syria's epic steadfastness against the fierce
campaign targeting it.
The participants, for their part, voiced confidence that Syria will
remain a mosaic of cultural diversity that will be preserved by the
Syrian people's steadfastness and rejection of takfiri thoughts that
are alien to the Syrian society.
At the end of the meeting, Endowments Minister Mohammad Abdul Sattar
al-Sayyed handed over to President al-Assad, on behalf of participants
in the conference, a draft of "Fadila (Virtue)" project, the key
topic on the conference's agenda.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/788796/primate-of-armenian-diocese-speaks-of-armenian-genocide-at-meeting-with-bashar-al-assad.html