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    ARTIFACTS UNEARTHED AT CONTROVERSIAL CHURCH CONSTRUCTION SITE

    hetq
    13:57, April 21, 2011

    Shards of pottery have been unearthed at the controversial planned
    religious complex now being built at the St. Katoghike chapel located
    in downtown Yerevan.

    The discovery was made on April 7 during a site inspection conducted by
    specialist from the Ministry of Culture's Agency for the Preservation
    of Historical and Cultural Monuments and the National Academy of
    Sciences' Antiquities and Ethnographic Department.

    After research is conducted on the artifacts, including stones
    discovered from the original St. Astvatzatzin Church, dating back
    to the 13 century, they will be transferred to the Yerevan History
    Museum and eventually exhibited.

    On July 4, 2009, a ground blessing service was conducted by Catholicos
    Karekin II for the construction of the St. Anna Church and Complex
    nearby St. Katoghike church. The complex will also serve as the
    Yerevan residence of the Catholicos.

    The church and the pontifical residence are being financed by Hrair
    and Anna Hovnanian of the United States; thus the unique name for
    the new church.

    Garik Chilingaryan, Director of Chilingaryan Design Construction,
    the firm who won the contracting bid for the complex says that the
    project has passed all the requirements put forth by the Urban Planning
    Department and the Cultural Preservation Committee.

    Many have argued that the grandiose project in the center of Yerevan is
    superfluous and that the money could have been better spent elsewhere.




    From: A. Papazian
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