  PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA ALEKSIY II PRESENTED AWARD TO ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT HEAD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO CONSOLIDATION OF UNITY OF EAST-CHRISTIAN PEOPLESJanuary 22, 2002 - 22:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Armen Khachatryan is awarded for the contribution to the consolidation of the unity of East-Christian peoples. This award is instituted by the International fund of the unity of Orthodox peoples. The prize was presented to Khachatryan by Russia's Patriarch. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Serbian Patriarch Pavel, vice Premier of Lebanon's government Isam Fares are also prize laureates. The speaker has decided to transfer the $20 thousand prize to the fund of reconstruction of Lazarev institute of eastern languages, established in Moscow in 19-th century by Armenian businessman and Maecenas Lazarev.  Top stories On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million).   Partner news |  Latest news Armenian wrestlers win 3 medals at U20 European Championships  The Armenian team has won 3 medals at the U20 European Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships.Ameriabank, COAF pool efforts to develop beekeeping in Lori COAF and Ameriabank have presented their joint program Harvesting Nature’s Bounty.Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics. |
