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    STATE DEPARTMENT ON ARMENIAN CHURCH COLLAPSED IN GEORGIA

    news.am
    Sept 14 2011
    Armenia

    Georgian government respected religious freedom in law and in practice,
    says U.S. State Department's report on religious freedom.

    The report contains information about the Armenian church collapsed
    in Tbilisi in November 2009.

    "The church was used as a warehouse during the Soviet era. The
    church did not reopen after the country's independence, when title
    to the property passed to the Ministry of Culture. The AAC [Armenian
    Apostolic Church] released a statement accusing the government and
    the GOC [Georgian Orthodox Church] of failing to preserve Armenian
    holy sites. The Tbilisi municipality began cleaning up the site during
    the previous reporting period.

    On July 26, the Ministry of Culture began preparatory explorations of
    the site and dedicated 47,259 lari ($26,700) to restoration planning.

    However, the AAC reported that no further action was taken on the
    church's restoration by year's end," the report reads.

    http://news.am/eng/news/74057.html




    From: A. Papazian
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