Bishop of the Armenian Church in Germany highlights urgent humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh

Since December 2022, around 120,000 Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have been almost completely cut off from the outside world due to the closed Lachin Corridor, the only connecting road between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Bishop Serovpé lsakhanyan, head of the diocese of the Armenian Church in Germany, wrote to the Württemberg regional church to draw attention to the plight of the people in Nagorno-Karabakh and at the same time asked for support to alleviate the plight through prayer, intercession and intercession.

Bishop Lsakhanyan writes: “Every day brings us tidings of immeasurable suffering: the sick desperate for treatment, pregnant women unable to find enough food for their unborn children, newborns unable to overcome the lack of baby food and medicine. Our hearts bleed at this tragedy and our concern for the fate of these people and for the fragile stability of the region is immense […] We ask that you include the people of Nagorno-Karabakh in your prayers and intercessions, give them a voice and draw attention to the urgent humanitarian crisis.”

Below you will find a prayer draft by Church Councilor Dr. Christine Keim, Head of the Department for Mission, Ecumenism and Development in the Evangelical Church Council:

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