Archbishop Ateshyan: Armenian community unanimous about new Constantinople Patriarch electionMarch 17, 2010 - 20:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian community is unanimous about the election of new Patriarch of Constantinople, according to His Eminence Archbishop Aram Ateshyan, the Patriarchal Locum Tenens of Constantinople. “The matter is that some wish a co-ruler to be elected and some wish to elect a new Patriarch,” His Eminence Ateshyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. At that, he did not specify any date for the election. “The Jewish community of Istanbul had been waiting for the permission of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a year. We made our appeal just three months ago,” he said. His Eminence Ateshyan also commented on the meeting between the representatives of religious minorities in Turkey with Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek. “We expressed our concerns about a number of issues. The government pledged to resolve them as well as initiate a process of return of our property,” he said. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news Most popular in the section | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |