The Armenians of Turkey have donated 5.5 million lira (around $290,000) in aid to earthquake relief efforts, according to The Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul, Archbishop Sahak Mashalian, http://Ermenihaber.am reports.
Mashalian offered remarks after Sunday mass served on the eve of Great Lent at the Armenian Saint Vardanants Church in Feriköy, Sisli.
The Patriarch stressed the need for humanism in trying times. Speaking about sending humanitarian aid to the disaster area, he emphasized that the Patriarchate collected and sent aid on the 2nd day of the disaster.
The Union of Armenian Foundations handed over 2.5 million lira in aid to Turkey's disaster and emergency department, while foundations and individuals representing the country’s Armenian community collected and donated 3 million lira.
Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities reported on Tuesday, February 21, two weeks after a larger one killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
