KYOTO, AUGUST 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Apostolic Church participates for the first time in the "Religions for Peace" three-day 8th World Assembly which started on August 26 in the Japanese city of Kyoto. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, by blessing of Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, the primate of the Armenian diocese of Australia and New Zealand participates in the assembly. He will send the address of His Holiness to those present. More than 500 representatives, religious primates, public figures and politicians, participate, in general, in the assembly. The theme of the assembly is "Religions for Peace, Confronting Violence and Advancing Shared Security." The "Religions for Peace" organization is a cooperation of interreligious councils and groups the goal of which is to stimulate cooperation among religious communities of all over the world as well as to assist liquidation of existing conflicts of the world to strengthen peace and secure stable development. The first assembly of the organization took place in Kyoto 35 years ago.

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