  St. Gevorg Armenian monastery restoration works launch in Tbilisi  September 17, 2012 - 17:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - On September 16, Tbilisi-located St. Gevorg Armenian monastery hosted a liturgy to celebrate the Ascension holiday. The event also marked the launch of restoration works of the monastery, with St. Gevorg Restoration Foundation having assumed the responsibility two years ago. The liturgy was followed by a concert featuring Armenian songs and dance performances. St. Gevorg monastery is a 13th century Armenian church in Old Tbilisi, Georgia and is the seat of the Armenian archbishop. The cathedral is built on a traditional plan of a partitioned, open cross with a rectangular perimeter. Like most of the churches in Tbilisi, it is built in brick. In front of the church is the tomb of the famous Armenian poet Sayat Nova.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
