ARMENIAN CHURCH CONSECRATED IN NORTH WESTERN RUSSIAN CITY

Armenpress
Nov 01 2006

KALININGRAD, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS; The Primate of the Armenian Church
Diocese in Russia, Bishop Ezras Nersisian, was in the north-western
town of Kaliningrad lately to consecrate a newly built Armenian Church
of Saint Stepanos.

The Armenian Bishop also consecrated an Armenian cross-stone (khachkar)
presented to the Smolensk-Kaliningrad Diocese of the Russian Orthodox
Church and erected in front of its headquarters. After the first
liturgy in the Armenian Church Bishop Nersisian addressed the present
flock calling on them to rally around the church to serve the Armenian
nation and its Church.

The church was built on a donation of Yuri Kajoyan, Armenia’s honorary
consul in Kaliningrad and chairman of the board of trustees of local
Armenian cultural autonomy. Kajoyan was awarded by Catholicos Karekin
II the Armenian medal of Saint Gregory the Illuminator.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress