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Governor of Istanbul Officially Rejects Armenian Patriarchate Locum-Tenens Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian
ISTANBUL—The Governor of Istanbul has officially rejected Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian's March 2017 election as the Armenian Patriarchal Locum Tenens (Patriarchal alternate).
In a letter sent to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople on Mond
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How humiliating for the Armenian community in Turkey to be subjected to the kind of treatment that only belongs in the Dark Ages! What business does the government have in meddling with the community’s internal religious affairs? Having said all of that, I urge the Armenian community to put their house in order, setting aside all their petty self-serving interests and showing a strong & united front. otherwise they have no one to blame but themselves for the current stalemate.