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Armenia’s Central Bank has issued commemorative medal dedicated to Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia

June 24, 2016 By administrator

Commemorative medal popeAdoption of Christianity as a state religion in Armenia in 301 AD is associated with the name of Saint Gregory the Illuminator who is a saint recognized by all traditional Christian Churches, the pres service of Armenia’s Central Bank reports.

For centuries his venerated relics were spread all over the Christian world.

Lending importance to strengthening of the existing brotherly relations between Christian Churches, in 2000 His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians paid a visit to the Roman Catholic Church and her leader, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who, in his turn, in 2001 participated in celebrations dedicated to the 1700th Anniversary of adoption of Christianity as a state religion in Armenia.

Obverse: the Monastery of Khor Virap against the Mountain Ararat and the date of Pope Francis’ visit.
Reverse: the statue of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in the niche of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican (2005, sculptor – Khachik Ghazanchyan), the Coats of Arms of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

The commemorative medal is in limited quantity and has historic-cultural value.

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Turkey’s opposition party holds Genocide commemorative event

April 22, 2016 By administrator

210838An event was held in Akdeniz municipality in Greater Mersin, Turkey to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Organized by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and titled “101 years before and after rigid state philosophy and the Armenian revolutionist Paramaz,” the event featured author Kadir Akin and journalist Aris Nalci.

Also attending the event were HDP members, representatives of local governing bodies and various NGOs, Ermenihaber.am says.

Related links:

Ermenihaber.am. Թուրքիայում Հայոց ցեղասպանության հիշատակին նվիրված միջոցառում է անցկացվել

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