Armenian Patriarchate Refutes Greek Patriarch's Assertion of Exclusivity in Lighting Holy Fire

From: The Armenian Reporter | Date: March 12, 2005 | Copyright information

Armenian Reporter, The
03-12-2005
The following is the text of the communique issued by the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem on March 2, 2005 pertaining to false allegations
about the Holy Fire ceremony, which were published recently in the Greek
media:

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem has heard with great concern about
the false allegations published by the media in Greece regarding the Holy
Fire ceremony, which takes place each year on the Saturday before Easter in
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, according to which: "the Armenians are
demanding that they light the Holy Fire, and it must ...

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