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Bay Area
Armenian National Committee |
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The
Bay Area
Armenian National
Committee (ANC-SF) is a grassroots public affairs organization serving to
inform, educate, and act on a wide range of issues concerning Armenian Americans
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Declaration
by Pope John Paul II
September 27, 2001
Before leaving Armenia the Holy Father
visited the Cathedral of Etchmiadzin where a
farewell ceremony took place. During the
ceremony, Pope John Paul II and His Holiness
Karekin II, the Catholicos and Supreme
Patriarch of All Armenians, signed a Common
Declaration. The relevant portion of their
declaration is as follows:
"The most valuable treasure that one
generation could bequeath to the next was
fidelity to the Gospel, so that, with the
grace of the Holy Spirit, the young would
become as resolute as their ancestors in
bearing witness to the Truth. The
extermination of a million and a half
Armenian Christians, in what is generally
referred to as the first genocide of the
twentieth century, and the subsequent
annihilation of thousands under the former
totalitarian regime are tragedies that still
live in the memory of the present-day
generation. These innocents who were
butchered in vain are not canonized, but
many among them were certainly confessors
and martyrs for the name of Christ. We pray
for the repose of their souls, and urge the
faithful never to lose sight of the meaning
of their sacrifice." |
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