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Interfax, Russia
July 21 2014
Yerevan hopes Georgian authorities to punish guilty of attacking
Armenian priests in Tbilisi
YEREVAN. July 21
Yerevan expects an unbiased investigation of the case regarding the
attack on priests of the Armenian Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in
Georgia's capital Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
"We expect an unbiased investigation and those guilty be punished as
quickly as possible," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran
Balayan told Interfax.
The Georgian eparchy of the Armenian Apostle Church has released a
statement on the incident in Tbilisi on July 19.
"On July 19, 2014 at approximately 5 p.m. (local time) an attack was
carried out in the yard of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in
Tbilisi. A woman, who parked her car near the church gates failed to
drive away from the territory because of other vehicles. A churchgoer
of the Armenian church and eparchy representatives offered to help the
woman. However, she refused, having called her acquaintances. The men,
who arrived to the scene, helped with the car, at that having insulted
the Armenian priest and eparchy representatives. Church employees
approached them, however the men continued their disorderly conduct
having hit an eparchy representative. A fight occurred, which stopped
after a while, and the parties left," the statement said.
"In the evening the same individuals, who were joined by some 50
people, attacked priest Manuk Zeynalyan in the church and head of the
Eparchy department for legal issues Levon Isakhanyan, having seriously
injured them. The attackers tore off the cross from the priest and
took it with them," the Georgian eparchy of the Armenian church said.
July 21 2014
Yerevan hopes Georgian authorities to punish guilty of attacking
Armenian priests in Tbilisi
YEREVAN. July 21
Yerevan expects an unbiased investigation of the case regarding the
attack on priests of the Armenian Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in
Georgia's capital Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.
"We expect an unbiased investigation and those guilty be punished as
quickly as possible," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran
Balayan told Interfax.
The Georgian eparchy of the Armenian Apostle Church has released a
statement on the incident in Tbilisi on July 19.
"On July 19, 2014 at approximately 5 p.m. (local time) an attack was
carried out in the yard of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in
Tbilisi. A woman, who parked her car near the church gates failed to
drive away from the territory because of other vehicles. A churchgoer
of the Armenian church and eparchy representatives offered to help the
woman. However, she refused, having called her acquaintances. The men,
who arrived to the scene, helped with the car, at that having insulted
the Armenian priest and eparchy representatives. Church employees
approached them, however the men continued their disorderly conduct
having hit an eparchy representative. A fight occurred, which stopped
after a while, and the parties left," the statement said.
"In the evening the same individuals, who were joined by some 50
people, attacked priest Manuk Zeynalyan in the church and head of the
Eparchy department for legal issues Levon Isakhanyan, having seriously
injured them. The attackers tore off the cross from the priest and
took it with them," the Georgian eparchy of the Armenian church said.