Catholicos of all Armenians elected chairman of world council of churches

ARKA News ^ | November 4, 2013 | ARKA

[Armen Hareyan]

Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II was elected Chairman of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Holy See of Etchmiadzin said in an official statement, posted in Facebook.

It said Catholicos Karekin II was elected unanimously in the South Korean city of Busan at the 10th assembly of the WCC for the next eight years.

The presidium of the WCC includes eight people. Their mission is to encourage interfaith and ecumenical relations, human rights, justice and peace, the statement says.

The World Council of Churches is an international ecumenical organization founded in 1948. It consists of about 350 Christian churches in more than 100 countries, representing hundreds of millions of Christian.

[Armen Hareyan]

This election will put the issue of the Armenian Genocide and Turkey's possible recognition of the genocide in the forefront of the international political forum.

[Graybeard58]

That the Armenian Apostolic Church, is associated with the W.C.C. tells me lots about the Armenian Apostolic Church.

[terycarl]

That the Armenian Apostolic Church, is associated with the W.C.C. tells me lots about the Armenian Apostolic Church

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