HRAYR AVETIAN’S STATUE OF JESUS ERECTED IN LATVIA
AZG Armenian Daily
17/08/2006
Several meters high statue of Jesus Christ was recently erected in
the town of Aglon in Latvia. Its author is Hrayr Avetian, alumnus
of the Academy of Fine Arts of Latvia. Yerkramas newspaper of
Russian-Armenians reports that it took Hrayr 6 years to turn the
Ukrainian granite into a sculpture.
The Christ’s statue will be a good decoration for annual celebration of
Assumption of the Virgin Mary on August 12-15. Following a tradition,
numerous believers gather in this Latvian town for the celebration. The
number of pilgrims this year surpassed 10 thousand.