MINISTER OF DIASPORA MET WITH HEAD OF ARMENIAN DIOCESE IN GEORGIA
Lragir.am
18:40:05 – 02/12/2008
On December 2 the minister of the Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan met
with the primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia Bishop Vazgen
Mirzakhanyan and his representative to Javakheti Father Babken
Salbiyan.
The representatives of the Armenian clergy in Georgia presented the
state of the Armenian community in Georgia, as well as the issue
of churches misappropriated during the Soviet rule, and the recent
encroachment upon St.
Norashen Church in Tbilisi.
They also discussed the preservation of historical and cultural
monuments, renovation of schools in Javakheti, teaching of history
of the Armenian church at schools, as well as training of teachers.