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    DeFacto Agency, Armenia
    May 2 2008


    PILGRIMAGE TO ARTSAKH



    YEREVAN, 02.05.08. DE FACTO. An All-Armenian action under the slogan
    `'Forward Armenia, Forward to God'' started in Holy Echmiadzin on May
    1. A pilgrimage to the Nagorno-Karabakh processed within the frames of
    the above-mentioned action. In part, 500 pilgrims visited the town of
    Shoushi on the initiative of the International All-Armenian Youth
    Center and Spiritual-Cultural Revival Foundation.
    The pilgrims were welcomed with bread and salt on the Artsakh
    land. Archbishop Pargev Martirosian, spiritual leader of the Artsakh
    Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, welcomed and blessed them in
    Surb Khazanchetsots Church in Shoushi. The Archbishop noted Shoushi
    was a place of pilgrimage for all Armenians. `'One nation, one
    culture, one faith ` that is the slogan under which we have liberated
    Shoushi, and we must continue our national struggle in such mood and
    under this slogan'', the Archbishop underscored. The leader of the
    Artsakh Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church noted much depended
    on the nation's unity. `'In nineties we proved that when we united we
    could overcome unbelievable problems'', he said. Archbishop wished the
    pilgrims well and blessing to complete their pilgrimage to the
    Nagorno-Karabakh.
    A lot of young participants of the actions remarked that for each of
    them `'it is a pilgrimage to ourselves, an opportunity to look in our
    soul''. The Artsakh war's veterans also participated in the
    measure. `'I missed Artsakh, that's why I am here. I have come to
    breathe this air again, to visit again this land, which we liberated
    from captivity. I can't say anything more'', a participant of the
    Artsakh war Norajr Lazarian said being in agitation.
    Then the pilgrims headed for V. Sargsian Square, where they put
    flowers at the monument to the National Hero.
    To note, according to the schedule, the action's participants are to
    meet with the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President Bako Sahakian in
    Stepanakert on May 2. On the same day the guests will visit the
    Stepanakert Memorial Complex, after which they will return to Yerevan.
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