STEPANAKERT CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARTSAKH DIOCESE REOPENING

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On September 28, NKR President Bako Sahakyan met
with Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II who
arrived in Artsakh to participate in solemn celebrations dedicated
to the 20th anniversary of reopening the Artsakh Diocese of the One
Holy Universal Apostolic Orthodox Armenian Church.

A wide range of issues related to relations between the state and
the church, socio-economic situation in Artsakh, and the settlement
of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting.

The Head of the State emphasized the importance of Supreme Patriarch’s
visit to Artsakh, noting that that it would duly contribute to the
development of spiritual life in our republic.

The importance of steady deepening the state-church interrelations
and carrying out important religious events in Artsakh was mutually
underlined.

Touching upon the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict
Bako Sahakyan noted that the official Stepanakert is a proponent of
peaceful settlement and the restoration of the full-fledged negotiation
format. The President again underlined that independence and security
of Artsakh cannot be matters of discussions.

The primate of the Artsakh Diocese Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan,
and supreme hierarchs of the Armenian Apostolic Church partook
at the meeting, Central Information Department at NKR President’s
Office reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress