CHURCH IS BUILT IN STEPANAKERT, CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS ARRIVED
Lragir.am
22 July 06
On July 22 the first stone will be laid in the fundament of the first
church in Stepanakert. The Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin B
arrived in Stepanakert to participate in this ceremony.
Several buildings will be pulled down in the neighborhood of the
polyclinic of Stepanakert. In accordance with the plan, an immense
compound will be built to become the seat of the Artsakh Diocese.
Compensation for expropriation will mount so high that it is not
clear how much only the preparation for building will cost.
Over the past 10 years the only church in Stepanakert was in the hall
of the Home of Culture. Although there is an ancient church in the
downtown, which somehow appeared in the territory of a restaurant.
They say the church, which is called Vararakn, was built by the
Armenian King Vachagan.
In November an American started building a church in Stepanakert
on Hekimyan Street in memory of his son Hakob. The building will be
over soon.
There are churches in almost every village in Karabakh. Although
fanatic believers are hardly found in Karabakh, the way to the church
has always been open.
