Catholicos of All Armenian Garegin II today, at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, awarded Rudik Hyusnuts, Chief Adviser to the President of the Artsakh Republic on Special Assignments, the St. Nerses Shnorhali Medal for his years of service to the Armenians of Artsakh and the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Catholicos Garegin II, in his encyclical letter, noted Hyusnuts’ efforts to reopen the Artsakh Diocese after the collapse of the Soviet Union and to renovate the St. Karapet Church in Martakert.