Vahram Melikyan: 15 churches are not enough for million city of YerevanApril 2, 2010 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "There are 15 churches at the moment. For million city of Yerevan 15 churches are not enough," priest Vahram Melikyan , head of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin information department told PanARMENIAN.Net "The wish of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II is see at least one church in each community of Yerevan. Although in every community it is necessary to have more than one church: a church –per thousand of families," Vahram Melikyan said. According to him, at present, new churches are built in three communities of Yerevan: Ajapnyak, Arabkir and Erebuni. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |