CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS CONGRATULATES ARMENIAN PEOPLE ON DAY OF
FIRST REPUBLIC CELEBRATED MAY 28

YEREVAN, MAY 27. ARMINFO. His Holiness Garegin II Catholicos of All
Armenians congratulated Armenian people on the Day of the First
Republic of Armenia celebrated on May 28.

As ARMINFO was informed in the press-service of the Mother See of Holy
Etchimadzin, the massage of Supreme Patriarch says that this day the
Armenian people celebrates victories gained in 1918 at Sardarapat,
Vanadzor and Aparan. In 2005, the Day of the First Republic coincides
with the Day of discharge of St. Gregory the Illuminator from the
monastery of Khor Virap, celebrated by the Armenian Apostolic
Church. It is notably that a round dance around Aragats Mountain,
timed to this holiday, will express the aspiration of people for
unity, and their spirit had always led them to victories, the message
says. -r-