  ARMENIA CELEBRATES CANDLEMAS AND NEWLY-WEDS DAYSFebruary 14, 2004 - 19:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenia celebrates one of the people's favorite holidays - the Candlemas Day. The holiday symbolizes the approaching of the spring. According to the custom on this day people jump over fires lighted in all yards from fire brought from churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church has preserved this custom, which remained from the times of paganism in Armenia. At the same time, recently in compliance with a decree of the Catholicos of all Armenians, February 14 is also celebrated as the Newly-Weds Day.  Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Latest 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.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”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |
