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    A CITIZEN SUED THE CATHOLICOS

    A1+
    [08:18 pm] 30 October, 2007

    The claim of 57-year-old Armen Melkumyan will be discussed at the
    First Instance Court of Malatia-Sebastia Communities tomorrow. He
    appealed to the Court to reinstate his violated rights, as he said
    "for a plate of soup".

    Armen Melkumyan is disabled. He has been feeding at the cafeteria,
    supported by the Saint Echmiadzin Cathedral and Armenian General
    Benevolent Union for 5 years, where the defined norms are not followed
    - qualified delicious food, respectable treatment etc.

    "They gave bones instead of meat and little bread. I complained and
    they replied rudely that they would deprive me of it", said Armen
    Melkumyan to "A1+". He also says that the heads of the cafeteria do not
    like ordinary people like him. After a similar quarrel on 23 August,
    Armen Melkumyan was forbidden to dine at the cafeteria, motivating
    that he showed unrespectable treatment toward the Cathedral. He was
    even beaten during the quarrel and he had to appeal to the Court and
    the head of the cafeteria was dismissed from his post.

    "Now the new head does the same things and only I dare to oppose
    him. The food is brought from Echmiadzin but is very poor. Where
    is the money the Benevolent Union allocates? Why the policemen of
    Malatia-Sebastia communities dine at the cafeteria?", wondered the
    citizen annoyed. He considers that the Cathedral is aware of it but
    does not take measures, thus defending the trespassers.

    "Is the Cathedral engaged in money laundering?", asks Armen
    Melkumyan. The mentioned cafeteria has been functioning since 2000
    and is in Malatia-Sebastia community. 200 unprovided families feed at
    the cafeteria. Armen Melkumyan has appealed to the Court to make the
    head of the humanitarian cafeteria Vilen Karapatyan account for his
    misdeeds, but the latter refuses to account. The Cathedral promised
    to be present at the Court trial.

    "A1+" turned to the information department of the Cathedral to
    hear their version on the case. Head of the Information Department
    Ter Vahram clergyman Melikyan said that he was unable to give any
    information in this regard but promised to comment on it after
    certain agreements.
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