POLICE ESTABLISHES IDENTITY OF MAN WHO COMMITTED ACT OF VANDALISM IN MOTHER CATHEDRAL OF ETCHMIADZIN

Noyan Tapan
May 25 2007

ETCHMIADZIN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The identity of the person, who
committed an act of vandalism in Mother Cathedral of the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin early in the morning of May 24, has been established.

The Head of the information service of the Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin priest Vahram Melikian told NT correspondent that
in connection with the incident the Mother See applied to the
police. According to some information, the person, who committed this
act of hooliganism, lives in a village near Etchmiadzin. He is now
in a mentally unbalanced state and has attended meetings of Jehovah’s
Witnesses sect. His name is not published due to some considerations.

To recap, early May 24 the above mentioned person got on the Altar
of Mother Cathedral and started throwing about the sacrid things on
the Holy Table, after which he took to flight.