“The leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed deep concern over the situation surrounding the Armenian Apostolic Church and condemned external interference in its internal affairs.
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“The World Council of Churches, as a global fellowship of churches, affirms the vital role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the spiritual, cultural and historical life of the Armenian people and in the broader Christian family. As the WCC, we express our concern about undue interference in internal church affairs.
“We uphold the Armenian Church and its people in prayer at this time. We also express hope and pray that the parties will resolve the conflict for the well-being and prosperity of the entire Armenian people.
“the WCC remains committed to journeying with the faith communities and people of Ukraine in their struggle against an illegal and immoral war
“the Ecumenical Patriarch accused Local Churches of ingratitude and also made a thinly veiled reference to the Serbian primate, who has still not made a “peace visit” to the Phanar.
“the authorities in Ukraine and Armenia were destroying the Church using Bolshevik methods
“In this way, more ideas came to light during the editorial process than initially anticipated, such as the perspective of the churches in East Germany, documents from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Vatican, and theological input provided by historic peace churches
“his Church had “diminished itself” by granting autocephaly, only to receive a “cup of ingratitude” in return
“he declared his organization's right to judge the Ukrainian Orthodox Church