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A World Council of Churches delegation led by general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has concluded its visit to Armenia after “witnessing dramatic events”.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation will visit the Armenian Apostolic Church on 18-22 September. The visit will include an audience with His Holiness Karekin II, the Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians.

At a conference to promote freedom of religion and preservation of spiritual, cultural and historical heritage, held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 8-12 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca reflected on “Holy Places and our Human Identities.”

Dans un message vidéo, Sa Sainteté Karékine II, patriarche suprême et catholicos de tous les Arméniens, a adressé ses salutations et sa bénédiction au Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), qui s’est réuni du 23 au 29 juin en visioconférence.

En un mensaje de vídeo, Su Santidad Karekin II, patriarca supremo y catolicós de todos los armenios, envió saludos y bendiciones al Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), que se reunió del 23 al 29 de junio por videoconferencia.

In einer Videobotschaft übermittelte Seine Heiligkeit Karekin II, Oberster Patriarch und Katholikos aller Armenier, dem Zentralausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), der vom 23. bis 29. Juni über Videokonferenz tagte, seine Grüße und seinen Segen.

In a video message, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, extended greetings and blessings to the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, which met from 23-29 June via videoconference.

In a 23 November letter to Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UNESCO, World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged the protection of religious and cultural monuments the Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh region.

Participants in an international conference on “The Holy Scripture in a Changing World,” held in Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia from 27 September-1 October released a communiqué describing their experience and insights.

Before accepting the position of programme executive for the WCC Faith and Order Commission, Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi was involved with the WCC in several different ways.

General secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit of the WCC has offered congratulations to Bishop Hovakim Manukyan on being installed as the new primate of the diocese of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

“Denial, impunity and the failure to remember such events encourage their repetition.” This warning was issued by the WCC Executive Committee in a public issues statement on the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century. Meeting in Armenia at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the 20-member committee paid its respects to this year’s commemoration of the tragedy.