ArmenPress
Nov. 1, 2004
SOUTH OSSETIAN POLICE FIND THE MUTILATED BODY OF ARMENIAN
ETCHMIADZIN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: Police officers in Russian
North Ossetia found the mutilated body of Deacon Zorik Abeshian. Deacon
Abeshian served in the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in
Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia (Russian Federation). H disappeared October
10 en route to church. His body was found on the roadside near
Vladikavkaz on October 31.
The headquarters of the Armenian Church in Etchmiadzin condemned the
horrible crime in a statement. It said His Holiness Karekin II calls on
his flock to raise their prays in memory of Deacon Zorik Abeshian.
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