Jerusalem Patriarch complains over incident involving police, ArmeniansApril 9, 2018 - 14:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several Israeli police checkpoints prevented thousands of Christians from reaching the Holy Sepulcher and being among the first to see the light come out from the church. Following the incident, which involved Armenian believers and clergy members too, the Armenian Patriarch expressed a verbal protest to Israel’s foreign ministry, Chancellor of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Hovnan Baghdasaryan said in a Facebook post. According to Baghdasaryan, the disagreement was shortly resolved, but on Armenian pilgrim was briefly detained. Hundreds of believers have arrived from around the world to watch the ceremony. Earlier, Priest Samuel Aghoyan representing the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem had an argument with a representative of the Coptic Church on the issue of how the Holy Fire appears. For more than 1,200 years the ritual of the Holy Fire has been performed in Jerusalem every Easter, with a flame "miraculously" appearing at the darkened tomb of Jesus to symbolize the Resurrection. Aghoyan said he has seen three times how the patriarchs lit the bundles of wax candles from an oil lamp inside the empty tomb, adding that there was nothing mysterious about the Holy Fire. Related links: Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. |