CHURCH SERVICE TO OPEN INDEPENDENCE CEREMONIES
Armenpress
Sept 11 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS: A special church service dedicated
to the feast of Holy Cross in Etchmiadzin scheduled for September 17
will start a long array of ceremonies and events designed to mark the
15-th anniversary of Armenia’s independence from the former Soviet
Union that will be marked on September 21.
On September 17 also a photo exhibition called 15 Years of Independence
will open at Yerevan Moskva cinema house. The cinema house will also
hold a retrospective screening of several films dedicated to Armenian
independence.
On September 18 the third Armenia-Diaspora conference will open at
Karen Demirchian complex. The complex will host on September 19 a forum
called New Answers to Old Questions and an exhibition of post stamps.
On September 20 the Demirchian complex will host the official closure
of Armenia-Diaspora conference and a presentation of a silver medal
dedicated to the Independence anniversary.
On September 21 Republic Square will hold a military parade and a
service then will be held in Yerevan Saint Gregory Cathedral. On
September 22 the Demirchian complex will host an economic exhibition.