Service for victims of Genocide to be offered in Yaroslav Eparchy of ROCApril 21, 2007 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24 in Yaroslav Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church services will be offered for victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey in 1915, Metropolitan of Yaroslav and Rostov Cyril stated at the meeting with the heads of RAFCA (Russian Association for Friendship and Cooperation with Armenia) regional branch. Metropolitan Cyril will serve the service for victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in Yaroslav Cathedral. At the meeting the participants specified concrete measures of cooperation for keeping and doubling the historical-cultural rich heritage of sister nations, strengthening international and inter-confessional peace and harmony in this Russian region, which is the second largest religions center after Kiev of ancient Russia and which has strong ties with Armenian Apostolic Church. In the near future under the direction of Metropolitan Cyril schools will be opened for Armenian children under Fyodorovski Cathedral. Such schools will function in Pereslavl-Zallesk and in a number of other places where a compact living Armenian population exists. Top stories 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). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |