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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS CEREMONY OF BLESSING OF LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HOLY MARTYRS' CHURCH
17:57, 22 April, 2015
YEREVAN, 22 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. President of the Republic of Armenia,
chairman of the State Commission on Coordination of the events
for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide Serzh Sargsyan attended today the ceremony of blessing
of the land for construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church, which is
located next to Komitas Park (Pantheon). The ceremony was conducted
by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians. The contribution for construction of the church was made
by Russia-based benefactor Samvel Karapetyan, and the creator of the
project is architect Artak Ghulyan, as the Public Relations and Mass
Media Department of the Structure to the Office of the President of
the Republic of Armenia reports to "Armenpress".
The President of the Republic of Armenia had talked about the
construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church during a public presentation
of the plan for the Komitas Museum-Institute at Komitas Park in 2012.
"I believe the construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church in central
Yerevan can serve as one of the ways of eternalizing the memory of
Komitas and all the Armenian martyrs. Several secular and mundane
figures have expressed the desire to build such a church. The Holy
Martyrs' Church will embody the memory of our innocent victims and
martyrs of all times and will be the guarantee for our everlasting
remembrance," President Serzh Sargsyan had said.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/802885/armenian-president-attends-ceremony-of-blessing-of-land-for-construction-of-holy-martyrs%E2%80%99-church.html
17:57, 22 April, 2015
YEREVAN, 22 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. President of the Republic of Armenia,
chairman of the State Commission on Coordination of the events
for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide Serzh Sargsyan attended today the ceremony of blessing
of the land for construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church, which is
located next to Komitas Park (Pantheon). The ceremony was conducted
by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians. The contribution for construction of the church was made
by Russia-based benefactor Samvel Karapetyan, and the creator of the
project is architect Artak Ghulyan, as the Public Relations and Mass
Media Department of the Structure to the Office of the President of
the Republic of Armenia reports to "Armenpress".
The President of the Republic of Armenia had talked about the
construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church during a public presentation
of the plan for the Komitas Museum-Institute at Komitas Park in 2012.
"I believe the construction of the Holy Martyrs' Church in central
Yerevan can serve as one of the ways of eternalizing the memory of
Komitas and all the Armenian martyrs. Several secular and mundane
figures have expressed the desire to build such a church. The Holy
Martyrs' Church will embody the memory of our innocent victims and
martyrs of all times and will be the guarantee for our everlasting
remembrance," President Serzh Sargsyan had said.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/802885/armenian-president-attends-ceremony-of-blessing-of-land-for-construction-of-holy-martyrs%E2%80%99-church.html