Northest Armenian church in world opened in Yakutia

Northest Armenian church in world opened in Yakutia

YEREVAN, September 8. /ARKA/. An Armenian apostolic church has opened
in ever-frozen Yakutia, Novosti-Armenia reported referring to RIA
Novosti.

The foundation stone was laid as early as in June 2011. All the
building materials for the church have been transported from Armenia.
The construction cost 100 million rubles raised by philanthropists and
local Armenian community parishioners.

The height of the new temple named Surb Karapet (Karapet is a popular
boys’ name in Armenia, meaning “forerunner”) is 27 meters. The opening
ceremony was attended by deputy head of the government of Sakha
Republic (Yakutia), head of the Armenian community in Yakutia Khoren
Sahakyan, head of the delegation from Armenia and governor of
Aragatsotn province Sargis Sargsyan, representative of Yakutsk and
Lensk eparchies hieromonk Nikandr and others.

Head of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russian eparchies of the Armenian
Apostolic Church bishop Yezras Nersisyan consecrated the church and
rendered a service at the ceremony, says the report.

Busts of famous contemporary Armenians, an arctic and Antarctic
explorer Artur Chilingarov and a composer Hrant Grigoryan, are
installed outside the church building, according to the report.

The report also says a center with a Sunday school, a record studio
and an office for the Union of Armenians of Yakutsk will be opened in
the territory of the church this December. Kids of any ethnicity will
have an opportunity to study literature, culture and history of
Yakutia and Russia in the school. -0–

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress