Deir Ezzor-SANA
Catholicos Aram I Kechichian, pastor of the Armenian Church in the Great House of Cilicia, and his accompanying delegation were briefed on the damage and sabotage inflicted on the Armenian Martyrs Church in Deir ez-Zor at the hands of terrorists, praying that God crown Syria with victory.
During his prayer in the church, Catholicos Kechichian prayed to God to crown Syria’s leadership, people and army with great victory while facing the most severe battles of hatred and injustice, as he had mercy on the Armenian martyrs who were killed at the hands of the Ottoman criminality. mankind and its right to life.
Deir Ezzor Governor Fadel Najjar referred in his speech to the spirit of love and friendship that unites the Syrian and Armenian peoples, referring to the crimes of the Ottomans against the Armenian people and the crimes of the Turkish regime against the Syrian people.
In a statement to reporters, Catholicos Kechichian said: We came to Deir ez-Zor to renew our faith and our determination to rebuild this church, which was destroyed at the behest of the neo-Ottoman Turks, and to contribute to the reconstruction of Syria, which was sabotaged by terrorists. In this matter, we affirmed our readiness to contribute to the reconstruction of what was destroyed by terrorism.
He added: My last visit to Syria was three years ago, and today I touched the great development in the reality of life in Syria, with which we have strong relations. recover her health.
The Armenian Martyrs Church in Deir ez-Zor, which includes a museum of Armenian martyrs, is considered a pilgrimage to the Armenian community, who flocked to it from all over the world to commemorate the genocide.
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