CHURCH DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL TO BE BUILT IN BLAGOVESHCHENSK, RUSSIA
14:50, 02 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
An Armenian Church dedicated to Gregory the Illuminator is planned
to be built in the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk.
The church will be dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide in the Ottoman Empire, Bishop Lucian of Blagoveshchensk
and Tyndinsky said at a meeting with the local Armenian community,
Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
He called on the Armenian community to support the initiative. Bishop
Lucian informed that an Armenian cross-stone will also be erected
in Amur.
The site of construction of the church should be determined this week.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/02/church-dedicated-to-armenian-genocide-centennial-to-be-built-in-blagoveshchensk-russia/