RA DELEGATION DEPARTED FOR VAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AKHTAMAR CHURCH INAUGURATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.03.2007 13:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The official Armenian delegation departed for
Van to take part in the inauguration of the Church of St. Cross on
Akhtamar island. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from the RA
Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs, the delegation is led by Deputy
Acting Minister of Culture Gagik Gyurjian. The delegation includes
Mrktich Muradyan, Director of the Institute of Architecture at the RA
Academy of Sciences, Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of
Oriental Studies at the RA Academy of Sciences and Artem Grigoryan,
the Head of the Department for Protection of Historical Monuments at
the RA government.

The inauguration is due on March 29. Representatives of the Echmiadzin
and Cilician Catholicosates of the Armenian Apostolic Church refused
to take part in the event, since St. Cross will function as a museum
but not as a church.