President Harutyunyan receives new Primate of Artsakh Diocese

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 09:48, 4 February, 2021

STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 4, ARMENPRESS. President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan received on February 3 Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan and Pontifical Nuncio-at-large, Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.

President Harutyunyan expressed gratitude to Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan for his decades-long patriotic mission in Artsakh and for standing by the people of Artsakh at the crucial moments, attaching great importance to his role in the development of the Fatherland and the preservation of spiritual values. According to the President, Pargev Martirosyan has always been and will remain the symbol of Artsakh and the heroic pages of its history for all generations.

President Harutyunyan also congratulated Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan on appointment as the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, expressing confidence that his activity will greatly contribute to the joint efforts and the strengthening of the people’s faith.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan