Catholicos Aram I condemns terrorist act against Holy Martyrs Armenian Church
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I strongly condemned the blowup of the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Deir ez-Zor, the Armenian Church Catholicosate of Cilicia reports.
“We view it as a barbaric crime committed on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and on the day of the 23rd anniversary of Armenia’s independence. Those behind this crime should know that Deir ez-Zor, as a sacred place symbolizing the memory of our martyrs and our people’s struggle for justice, will never be wiped out from the collective memory of our nation,” Aram I said in a statement.