MONUMENT TO GRIGOR ENLIGHTENER TO BE ERECTED IN VATICANJanuary 17, 2005 - 22:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The opening ceremony of the monument to Grigor Lusavorich (Enlightener) is to take place at the wall of St. Peter Cathedral in Vatican on January 19. Pope Joann Pavel II will participate in the ceremony. On the occasion of the 1700-th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity as a state religion in Armenia Patriarch of Catholic Armenians Nerses Petros XIX appealed to Pope with a request to erect the monument. The marble sculpture with a height of 5.7 meters has already been placed. The author of the monument is French sculptor of Armenian origin Khachik Ghazanchian. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |