Surb Astvatsatsin Church Of Solak To Be Re-Consecrated

SURB ASTVATSATSIN CHURCH OF SOLAK TO BE RE-CONSECRATED

Noyan Tapan
Aug 10 2006

HRAZDAN, AUGUST 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The solemn ceremony of re-consecrating
the Surb Astvatsatsin (Our Lady) church of the village of Solak,
the marz of Kotayk, will take place on August 11. As Badal Sargsian,
the Solak village head informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, it is
expected that Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians will head the
ceremony, and Bishop Arakel Karamian, the Kotayk diocese primate will
celebrate the surb liturgy. The Surb Astvatsatsin church was built
in the 12th century. It was restored during the last two years with
the finances given by Frunzik Gevorgian, a businessman from Solak.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS