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    SURB GRIGOR LUSAVORICH CHURCH IN NOVOKUZNETSK CONSECRATED

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116893
    Se p 2, 2008

    NOVOKUZNETSK, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENIANS TODAY - NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian
    Surb Grigor Lusavorich Church in the Russian city of Novokuznetsk
    was consecrated on August 24.

    According to the press service of the Armenian diocese of Nor
    Nakhijevan and Russia, on that historical day the primate of Armenian
    diocese of Nor Nakhijevan and Russia Bishop Yezras Nersisian travelled
    from Moscow to Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region) and with the help of
    spiritual fathers of Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Barnaul priests Ter
    Tadevos, Ter Shahan and Ter Mashtots consecrated the five crosses on
    the church dome, after which a holy liturgy was celebrated and the
    church itself was consecrated.

    Representatives of the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Churches and
    the local Muslim community attended the holy ceremony. Members of
    the regional and city authorities, the heads of parish communities of
    the neighboring cities of Barnaul and Krasnoyarsk, numerous Armenian
    pilgrims and believers were present.

    Bishop Yerzas Nersisian addressed those present with words of blessing,
    urging them to keep this church with their constant prayers. He also
    expressed gratitude to the benefactor of the church, the chairman of
    the Parish Council Sarik Abrahamian, on whose initiative the beautiful
    church was constructed.

    To recap, by official data, about 12 thousand Armenians live in this
    region of Russia.
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