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    THE GEORGIAN DIOCESE TO APPLY FOR RETURN OF ARMENIAN TEMPLES
    Gita Elibekyan

    "Radiolur"
    12.01.2012 17:38
    Tbilisi

    The Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church will apply to
    the Office of the State Register of Georgia for legal registration.

    The Diocese got the right under the law adopted last year, which
    provides a status of legal entity to five religious unions of Georgia,
    including the Armenian Apostolic Church.

    In case of getting a legal registration, the Diocese will enjoy certain
    rights. "We'll apply to the Georgian Government with the request to
    return all our temples," head of the Georgian Diocese Bishop Vazgen
    Mirzakhanyan told "Radiolur."

    He informed that the expert commission of the Armenian Ministry of
    Culture was holding working meetings with corresponding structures
    of Georgia to discuss the state of St. Nshan Church.

    A fire broke out in the 18th century Saint Nshan Armenian Apostolic
    Church in Tbilisi on January 9, causing a column supporting the
    already damaged dome to topple.

    The Georgian Patriarchate, the Tbilisi City Hall, the Ministry of
    Culture and Monument Protection is informed of the incident and have
    promised to help. Saint Nshan Church in the center of Tbilisi was
    built in 1701.

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