Statement from Mother See on Church Bombings in Iraq
02.08.2004
The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin learned with sorrow from the Armenian Diocese of Iraq of the terrorist events of August 1, the result of which caused loss of life and many to be injured. Five churches were damaged, among them being an Armenian Catholic church. The Armenian Apostolic churches and Diocesan headquarters of Iraq were not attacked or damaged.
The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church expresses her sympathies to the families of the victims and all Iraqi people, and wishes complete recovery to the wounded and injured. We pray that the centuries of friendship and peaceful co-existence among Christian and Muslim peoples in the East will not be endangered by similar condemnable violence; for peace to be re-established in the region; and that the Iraqi people continue with the creation of their safe and progressing lives.
