Armenian Christmas service in Paris disturbed by bomb scare

PanARMENIAN.Net - On 6 January, 2008, the Armenian Christmas Day, a bomb scare disturbed the religious service of the Armenian Church in Paris, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net



After an anonymous call coming from a phone box located close to the Avenue des Champs-Elysees police launched a vast operation.



The police force carried out an evacuation during the liturgy chanted by Archbishop Norvan Zakarian of the French Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.



After a meticulous research, the policemen allowed to proceed with the service.



"I think that this is a joke," the Archbishop said when commenting on the incident.
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