Armenian community of Germany to have church in HalleMarch 10, 2009 - 14:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Christian religious Armenian community of Amensdorf district of Halle, Germany, has obtained a land with a construction which earlier hosted a Catholic church.The community's shepherd, hieromonk Aivazian said this is the only church owned by Armenians in Germany. "The Catholic church hasn't functioned for three years already. And we are happy that with the city administration's permission it will again bring the faithful under its roof," said Herbert Siegfried, chairman of the Amensdorf society. The opening ceremony will take place in June or July. Over 500 000 ethnic Armenians need a church in Germany, reported the website of the Armenian community of Berlin. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |