ARMENIAN CHURCH TO BE BUILT IN RUSSIAN CHITA

Pan Armenian News
07.05.2005 02:31

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The construction works of an Armenian Apostolic
Church will soon begin in the Russian city of Chita, reported
the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia. At present
leaders of the Union of Armenians of Transbaikalia that unites the
Armenian population of Chita region negotiate with city authorities
on allocation of a lot for the building. In the words of Chairman
of the Union of Armenians of Transbaikalia Vladimir Markosian,
the construction works will begin right after the city provides
land. “Voluntary donations of the Armenian Diaspora form the basis
of the financing,” he noted.