Petra remembered me to write something about the hearing on peace and reconciliation in South Caucasus organised by the Armenian church yesterday evening. It should take part in the Orthodox Faculty. The interested people already were in the room, when a steward came in: "Sorry for waiting, we still have to convince the Armenians to conduct the hearing." Already very strange: Why didn't they want to do it? Which doubts did they have? Which pressure was exerted on them?
5min later the steward returned: "Unfortunately, they won't do it." Very sad, because I was very interested in the theme.
What I heard afterwards: The Romanians (Orthodox Church) didn't want to allow the hearing, because they needed the room. I couldn't believe that this is the reason. Either that was not hospitable, or there were still some more reasons.
In either case, there are a lot of mysteries in the Assembly - a sign for the hidden political processes which exist not only in politics, but also within the churches.
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Dear Petra,
the thing was different. Armenians were to have their hearings in main hall, but before that there was pan-Orthodox meeting, and it took longer that planned (because vespers also were too long). So, Armenians were proposed another room, where all the people gathered. Armenians told, they want to have hearings in the main hall, and they don't want other room.
Next day, the story became even more complicated: many people told, that Orthodox bishops kicked Armenian delegation. It was not true. My friend Olga was one of the stewards for the hearings, and she knows how it was.
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