TBILISI: Armenian church in Tbilisi reopens after five-year break

Kavkas-Press, Georgia
Jan 7 2010

Armenian church in Georgian capital reopens after five-year break

Tbilisi, 7 January: On 6 January 2010, the [eve of the] day of
Christ’s Nativity, the Surb Ejmiadzin Armenian Church in Tbilisi
resumed operation after a more than five-year break.

The formal opening took place at 1100 in the morning, with the head of
the Georgian eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop
Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, worshippers and representatives of Armenian
organizations in Georgia in attendance.

After the service, the first sacrament, a wedding, was conducted.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS