  Karekin II addresses AAC Georgian diocese juridical status issue  June 29, 2010 - 11:42 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - During the 17th session of the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IPAO), Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II expressed hope that the meeting in the Armenian land will provide opportunities to alleviate discrepancies in the Christian world. According to him, currently the separation of church from the state is conceived as mutual exclusion of two ideas, what leads to formation of indifference among the population towards the spiritual life. "We strongly believe that the solution of temporal problems is impossible as long as the state keeps away from the church," Catholicos of All Armenians said. Referring to the Armenian-Georgian ecclesiastical relations, His Holiness Karekin II noted that through similar events an agreement may be reached on provision of a juridical status to the Georgian diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church.   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. |
