Armenians of Istanbul ask Karekin II to  provide the repeal of  archbishop Ateshyan

ArmInfo.Armenians of Istanbul  applied to  Karekin II, The Catholicos of all Armenian,  with an open letter, asking him to intervene the activities of Aram  Ateshyan, the Archbishop of Constantinople, and to arrange his  repeal. 

The open letter has been signed by representatives of Armenian  community, politicians and public people, as well as businessman. The  letter particularly states that " The chair of Armenian patriarch in  Turkey is empty for already 8 years, and the election of new head is  being postponed every time. We have voiced this issue previously in  the letter signed by 5000 signatures. Archbishop   Ateshyan,  occupying the post, got this job within the intervention of Turkish  authorities, and he does not implement his responsibilities  honestly," the open letter reads. 

At the same time it is accentuated in the letter that the Patriarch  see, called to solve the  problems of the community, does the  opposite - raises those. Armenians of Istanbul mention that some  churchmen cannot resist the  stressing made by Ateshyan, and the  others become his followers, and in the result the ties between the  community and the church weakens. "We ask You to make an impact to  the personal ambitions of Ateshyan in the name of fair and honest  elections of Patriarch, and to arrange his repeal," the open letter  reads.