Catholicos, Education Minister discuss church-state relations in ArmeniaSeptember 15, 2020 - 11:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on Monday, September 14 hosted the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Arayik Harutyunyan, to discuss church-state relations. The meeting comes amid disagreements between the two over the exclusion of History of the Armenian Church courses from the list of compulsory curriculum subjects in school. The Catholicos and the Minister discussed reforms in the field of education proposed by the Armenian Apostolic Church. The sides agreed that a meeting between representatives of both sides will be held in the near future to weigh in on the issues. The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the Armenian Apostolic Church have had somewhat tense relations as Minister Harutyunyan does not think History of the Armenian Church should be a separate compulsory subject at school, but instead be included in the course of the History of the Armenian People. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |