ACTS OF GEORGIAN CLERGY STIR PROTEST IN ARMENIA

AssA-Irada
December 3, 2008 Wednesday
Azerbaijn

Over 2,000 Armenian students have staged an action of protest in
Yerevan on Wednesday to voice objection to the abuse of Armenian
churches in Georgia. The protesters, gathered outside the UN office
in Yerevan, demanded that the illegal actions of Georgian spiritual
leaders against Armenian churches be stopped. The protesters
then proceeded to the Georgian Embassy and handed in a letter to
Ambassador Revaz Gachechelidze. The letter demanded that the action
of the Georgian clergy be stopped and an assessment be given to the
developments. To recap, Armenian sources reported that gravestones of
two Armenian benefactors in the Sacred Norashen Church in Tbilisi were
desecrated on the initiative of Georgian priest Tariel Sikinchelashvili
on 16 November.