Boutros Marayati

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Boutros Marayati (born February 26, 1948 in Aleppo , Syria ) is Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church in Aleppo .

Life

Boutros Marayati was ordained a priest on July 4, 1971 . His appointment as Archbishop of Aleppo took place on August 21, 1989. The Patriarch of Cilicia Johannes Bedros XVIII. Kasparian ICPB consecrated him on February 4, 1990 as bishop . He was assisted by the co- consecrators André Bedoglouyan ICPB, Auxiliary Bishop in the Patriarchate of Cilicia , and Vartan Achkarian CAM , Curia Bishop in the Patriarchate of Cilicia. In 1992 he was made part-time Apostolic Administrator of the Kamichlié Eparchy .

Co-consecrator

Archbishop Marayati was co-consecrator at Jean Teyrouz ICPB, later Curia Bishop in the Patriarchate of Cilicia, Krikor-Okosdinos Coussa , Bishop of Iskanderiya in Egypt and Mikaël Antoine Mouradian ICPB, Bishop of New York .

Middle East Synod

As a participant in the special assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Middle East in October 2010, Marayati declared that in the “basic text of the Synod, the Instrumentum laboris, the reference to the genocide of the Armenian Christians and to the genocide of Christians in general , which continues today ... missing. We ask ourselves: Is there a project with the aim of making the Middle East Christian-free? ”On the situation of Christians in the Holy Land , Boutros Marayati spoke about a crisis in ecumenical dialogue . "An expression of this crisis is the difficult situation of the oriental churches, which for years in their respective countries have been at the forefront of ecumenical dialogue". Marayati also expressed “the hope that it will only be a temporary cooling off in the relationship between the churches and that a“ new chapter ”will be opened in the ecumenical dialogue. Beyond bureaucracy, projects and financial issues, this must encourage a spirit of brotherhood, dialogue and communion between the churches ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Vatican-History - Middle East Synod in the Vatican: Key sentences from the debates, accessed on December 29, 2011 [1]
  2. LIBORIUS.DE - The Catholic world of experience: Archbishop demands more attention for the Holy Land (October 12, 2010), accessed on December 29, 2011 [2]  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically created as marked defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.liborius.de  
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Basmadjan Archbishop of Aleppo
since 1989
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