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    CINEMA MOSCOW OPEN-AIR HALL: MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ECHMIADZIN GIVES STRANGE ANSWERS TO DIRECT QUESTIONS

    ArmInfo
    2010-04-30 17:07:00

    ArmInfo. The Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin is again trying to observe
    malice in the public protest against construction of Surb Poghos-Petros
    (St.Paul-Peter) Church in the place of Cinema Moscow Open-Air Hall. To
    recall, in March 2010 Armenian clergyman Ter Mkhitar Aloyan qualified
    the campaign for the support of the open-air hall as "somebody's
    order". "I am sure that if not a church, but anything else were to
    be built in the place of the open-air hall, there would be no such
    wave of protest. This is obviously somebody's order",- he said at a
    press conference.

    This time it is the Chancellery of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin
    that wonders about the background of the protest action. A letter
    signed by Head of the Chancellery, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan,
    has found itself in the hands of the activists of "SAVE Cinema Moscow
    Open-Air Hall". The letter was sent as a response to the request
    of "Desnelle", a New York-based organization studying Armenian
    architecture. The letter says: "It should be noted that in their
    time Spartak Kntekhtsyan, architect of the open-air hall, and his
    assistant Levon Vardanyan presented a project of construction of
    a multi-storey hotel complex in the same place, but this project
    was not implemented due to some discrepancies with the owner. A
    question arises: if the author himself had an idea to build a hotel
    in this place, why is the construction of the church there considered
    inexpedient?". The letter also points out that at the moment the
    open-air hall surrounded by "inappropriate buildings" has lost its
    practical significance. The letter also stresses that the demand for
    open-air halls has considerably declined while closed and cool cinema
    halls and other hearths of culture are operating in Armenia.

    It is noteworthy that the participants in "SAVE Cinema Moscow Open-Air
    Hall" have managed to find the project of construction of the hotel
    complex mentioned by the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin. It is obvious
    that according to the architect, the open-air hall was to become the
    integral part of the hotel complex.

    To remind, the decision on demolition of the open-air hall has caused
    a wide public response. In particular, over 23 thsd people have signed
    an open letter addressed to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The
    letter contains an appeal to cancel the given governmental decision.

    The letter says that the open-air hall has been excluded from the list
    of the monuments protected by the state with obvious law violations
    and without preliminary consultation with specialists. As a result of
    the campaign, the government took a decision to hold public hearings
    on this issue. The Public Council has also come out with support of
    the open-air hall: on April 28 it voted for repeat inclusion of the
    hall in the list of monuments protected by the state.
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