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Artsakh leader says church role vital for preserving Armenian identity
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May 11, 2013 - 12:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic
Bako Sahakyan met Saturday, May 11, with the Prelate of the Western
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Moushegh
Mardirossian, heads of Tehran and New Jugha Dioceses of the Armenian
Apostolic Church Archbishop Sepuh Sarkisian and Bishop Babken Charian,
as well as a group of philanthropists from the Diaspora.
State-church ties, socioeconomic situation in Artsakh and regional
trends were in the focus of the meeting.
President Sahakyan underlined the vital role of the Armenian Apostolic
Church in preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora,
noting that the church has had a great contribution in strengthening
and the expansion ties with the Motherland.
Both sides emphasized the need of continuous deepening the
state-church interrelations, considering it among the most important
bases of the Motherland-Diaspora unshakable unity.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan also attended the meeting, reported the
Central Information Department at the Artsakh President's Office.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/157804/
May 11, 2013 - 12:30 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic
Bako Sahakyan met Saturday, May 11, with the Prelate of the Western
Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Moushegh
Mardirossian, heads of Tehran and New Jugha Dioceses of the Armenian
Apostolic Church Archbishop Sepuh Sarkisian and Bishop Babken Charian,
as well as a group of philanthropists from the Diaspora.
State-church ties, socioeconomic situation in Artsakh and regional
trends were in the focus of the meeting.
President Sahakyan underlined the vital role of the Armenian Apostolic
Church in preserving Armenian national identity in the Diaspora,
noting that the church has had a great contribution in strengthening
and the expansion ties with the Motherland.
Both sides emphasized the need of continuous deepening the
state-church interrelations, considering it among the most important
bases of the Motherland-Diaspora unshakable unity.
Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan also attended the meeting, reported the
Central Information Department at the Artsakh President's Office.
From: A. Papazian