SURB GRIGOR LUSAVORICH CHURCH CONSECRATED IN AKHALTSIKHE
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.04.2009 12:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Surb Grigor Lusavorich Church was consecrated
by head of the AAC Georgian Diocese, Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan in
Akhaltsikhe after 2 months of reconstruction works.
Some thousand people attended the sacred ceremony.
In his speech, Bishop Mirzakhanyan thanked Manuk Zeynalyan, the
spiritual leader of Akhaltsikhe, and the Armenian population of the
town for their contribution to reconstruction of the Church.
For his part, hieromonk Bagrat Salbiyan voiced hope that the second
Armenian Church in Akhaltsikhe – Surb Nshan Church – will also be
reconstructed and returned to its owner, the AAC Georgian Diocese.