Catholicos Karekin II: Armenian soldiers heroically protect our country and sacred values
“The most significant contemporary challenge responding to Christ’s call and invitation to a life of peace is the disruption of peace in the life of individuals, communities and governments,” Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II said today in his message during the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Jesus Christ.
Present at the Pontifical Liturgy were Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Speaker of the Armenian parliament Galust Sahakyan, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, high-ranking officials, and the faithful.
On January 6 the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Jesus Christ.
“Conflicts, clash of geopolitical interests, crises and humanitarian disasters continue to disrupt the world, sowing intolerance and mistrust and spreading devastation, poverty, and suffering,” Catholicos Karekin II said.
In his words, the terrorist organizations who preach extremist ideologies in the name of faith spread death and destruction especially in the Middle East, where along with other nations Armenians also suffer.
“Through these destructive and deadly situations humanity is trying to find a way out,” the Catholicos of All Armenians said.
“Dear pious children, in our national life as well it is an imperative to uphold the command of peace. For years our country has found itself blockaded between Turkey and Azerbaijan. The latter is committing provocations at our borders in order to trample the rights of the people of Artsakh to live freely,” Catholicos Karekin II said adding that “our people will turn their peaceful spirit into a stronghold against the aggression of the enemy, an indestructible shield against the encroachment of the borders of our homeland by heroically protecting our country and sacred values”.
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