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    news.am, Armenia
    July 22 2011

    Armenian Church has no money for monastery reconstruction but buys
    expensive cars

    July 22, 2011 | 13:23


    YEREVAN. - Center of Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy See of
    Etchmiazdin spent no money on buying seven luxury Toyota vehicles.
    They were gifted to the church, press secretary of Armenian
    Catholicos, priest Vahram Melikyan told at a press conference on
    Friday.

    Media wrote that Etchmiazdin obtained seven vehicles for $309,000.
    However, the press secretary told that philanthropist Samvel
    Karapetyan donated six vehicles and one is a donation from another
    patron.

    According to media, Holy See of Echmiadzin bought seven vehicles in
    the amount of $309,000. It is noteworthy that all the vehicles are
    exempt from VAT.

    Earlier Melikyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the church has no
    money to reconstruct the monastery of Sanahin, and the reconstruction
    depends on philanthropists.

    If the Holy See of Etchmiazdin has no money for the reconstruction of
    ancient churches and it needs assistance from philanthropist, then why
    does it accept the expensive vehicles as if a gift? It is suspicious,
    that Etchmiazdin does not ask the philanthropists to direct money to
    the reconstruction projects.




    From: A. Papazian
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