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GRAND WEDDING IN ARTSAKH
NKR Government Information and
October 17, 2008
Public Relations Department
October 16 was a Day of Grand Wedding in Artsakh. Under initiative
and sponsorship of a well known businessman and benefactor Levon
Hayrapetyan a ceremony of unprecedented simultaneous wedding
of 700 couples has taken place. It took place in Gandzasar and
St.Ghazanchetsots (in Shoushi) churches. But the main part of the
ceremony was conducted in the newly constructed city stadium in
Stepanakert. Tens of thousands of our citizens and guests were present
at the celebration. The leadership of the NKR, representatives of
the Armenian Apostolic Church, numerous of invitees were present
at the arrangement. A number of Armenian businessmen from Russia,
who had contributed greatly into the measure, attended the ceremony,
which has turned into a great public holiday.
The NKR President B. Sahakyan, a number of spiritual, economic,
public and cultural figures delivered congratulatory speeches.
National lively melodies were heard from stadium up to midnight.
Performance of songs and dances by singers and dancers from Armenia
and Artsakh added a festive mood to the day. The celebration ended
in a grandiose salute.
Considerable financial assistance rendered to the newly married couples
by sponsors will help them to overcome some social difficulties.
The main aim of the grand wedding is to spur marriages and to promote
the nation's population upsurge.
NKR Government Information and
October 17, 2008
Public Relations Department
October 16 was a Day of Grand Wedding in Artsakh. Under initiative
and sponsorship of a well known businessman and benefactor Levon
Hayrapetyan a ceremony of unprecedented simultaneous wedding
of 700 couples has taken place. It took place in Gandzasar and
St.Ghazanchetsots (in Shoushi) churches. But the main part of the
ceremony was conducted in the newly constructed city stadium in
Stepanakert. Tens of thousands of our citizens and guests were present
at the celebration. The leadership of the NKR, representatives of
the Armenian Apostolic Church, numerous of invitees were present
at the arrangement. A number of Armenian businessmen from Russia,
who had contributed greatly into the measure, attended the ceremony,
which has turned into a great public holiday.
The NKR President B. Sahakyan, a number of spiritual, economic,
public and cultural figures delivered congratulatory speeches.
National lively melodies were heard from stadium up to midnight.
Performance of songs and dances by singers and dancers from Armenia
and Artsakh added a festive mood to the day. The celebration ended
in a grandiose salute.
Considerable financial assistance rendered to the newly married couples
by sponsors will help them to overcome some social difficulties.
The main aim of the grand wedding is to spur marriages and to promote
the nation's population upsurge.