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Monument in memory of the Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I erected
in Holy Echmiadzin
November 11, 2010 - 21:42 AMT 17:42 GMT PanARMENIAN.Net -
On November 11, Holy Echmiadzin hosted a memorial inauguration
ceremony. The monument was erected in memory of the Catholicos of All
Armenians Vazgen I.
The monument was created on the initiative of co-chair of the
Armenia-Russia interparliamentary cooperation committee, head of the
Russian Commission for Natural Monopolies, Nikolai Ryzhkov.
The memorial is authored by the honoured art worker of Russia,
sculptor Friedrich Soghoyan.
His Holiness Vazgen I (September 20, 1908 - August 18, 1994) was the
Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1955 and 1994, in
one of the longest reigns of the Armenian Catholicoi. A native of
Romania, he began his career as a philosopher, before becoming a
Doctor of Theology and a member of the local Armenian clergy.
From: A. Papazian
in Holy Echmiadzin
November 11, 2010 - 21:42 AMT 17:42 GMT PanARMENIAN.Net -
On November 11, Holy Echmiadzin hosted a memorial inauguration
ceremony. The monument was erected in memory of the Catholicos of All
Armenians Vazgen I.
The monument was created on the initiative of co-chair of the
Armenia-Russia interparliamentary cooperation committee, head of the
Russian Commission for Natural Monopolies, Nikolai Ryzhkov.
The memorial is authored by the honoured art worker of Russia,
sculptor Friedrich Soghoyan.
His Holiness Vazgen I (September 20, 1908 - August 18, 1994) was the
Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1955 and 1994, in
one of the longest reigns of the Armenian Catholicoi. A native of
Romania, he began his career as a philosopher, before becoming a
Doctor of Theology and a member of the local Armenian clergy.
From: A. Papazian