for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9)Your Holiness, beloved brother in Christ,Your Excellency, President of the Republic of Armenia,Graceful spiritual brothers and dear faithful,“Blessed are the peacemakers,

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comI delve this week into a thorny subject that has distressed much of the Armenian world: The uproar generated by the highly critical and harshly-worded letter posted on the internet by the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian addressed to His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.