Sargsyan: state will support strengthening of Church

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's President Serzh Sarsgyan met Monday with Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and Cilician Catholicos Aram I, the RA leader's press office reported.



His Holiness Aram I emphasized he arrived in Armenia to congratulate Serzh Sargsyan on assuming the presidential office.



For his part, the President said that much can be done with support of both Catholicoses. "The state will support strengthening of the Church. The Armenian Apostolic Church was and will remain the pillar of the Armenian nation," he said.
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