Armenian TV channels to be broadcast Samarkand

January 12, 2010 - 14:01 AMT

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The Armenian National Cultural Center of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has established a new office which will broadcast Armenian TV channels.



The center is registered in the basement of St. Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) Armenian Church which dates from 1903. In 1933, the building was nationalized, housing various Soviet institutions for over a century. In 1996, the church was returned to Armenian community.



One of the priorities of the center's is to help the local Armenian population learn their native tongue. And the transmission of highest-rated TV broadcasts will be a great stimulus for such initiative.



St. Astvatsatsin Armenian Church in Samarkand

Samarkand is Uzbekistan's second-largest city with a population of 366 thousand (including mostly Tajiks, Uzbeks, Russians, Jews and Iranians).

St. Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) Armenian Church was built in 1903 by the donations of local Armenian population. Armenian settlements date from the XV century when the territory was governed by Tamerlan. The first primate of the church was priest Ruben Bekgulyants.

Closed in 1939 and re-opened after Uzbekistan's gaining independence, the church was consecrated in 1995, with priest Grigor Markosyan becoming its primate. Currently, the church operates an Armenian Sunday school. Since 1998s it has been governed by priest Vram Kazaryan.

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