PanArmenian News
Feb 23 2005
HEAD OF GEORGIAN DIOCESE OF ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH APPEALED TO
GEORGIA’S PRESIDENT TO PLACE ARMENIAN CHURCHES AT DISPOSAL OF DIOCESE
23.02.2005 17:01
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Head of Georgian Diocese of Armenian Apostolic
Church Vazgen Mirzakhanian requested Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili to clarify the status of the Diocese and place the
Armenian Churches of the country at its disposal, Armenpress news
agency reports. In the words of diocese deputy head, Father Abgar,
the Armenian monuments under the jurisdiction of the Georgian
Ministry of Culture have been left to the mercy of fate and
encroachments upon Armenian Churches have become more frequent
recently.