May 8, 2001 - 16:49 AMT
40 PILGRIMS CAME TO NAGORNO KARABAKH
YEREVAN, May 8. /Mediamax/. On the occasion of celebrations of 1700th anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Armenia as a state religion, about 40 pilgrims from 6 countries came to Nagorno Karabakh.
Mediamax's correspondent informs from Stepanakert that during a week the group of pilgrims will pass from the South to the North of the country and will end its route in the Gandzasar temple.
The pilgrimage is organized by World Christian Solidarity at the initiative of the Vice-Speaker of House of Lords of Great Britain, Baroness Caroline Cox. --0--