Nor can I fail to think of the terrible trials that your own people experienced. A century has just passed from the “Great Evil” unleashed upon you.
THE MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II, CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS, DURING THE PRAYER OF PEACE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE PONTIFF OF ROME, POPE FRANCIS
They discussed the legality of Haroutyunyan’s detention with his lawyer, and also discussed the possibility of presenting a complaint in the manner set forth by legal protocol.
Yerevan police report they have detained six individuals suspected of planning “mass disorder” in connection with Pope Francis’s visit to Armenia.
Separate juries have convicted two brothers for killing a Glendale man in a scheme to collect on his $2.5 million insurance policy, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.
Gyumri police have declared that they had every right to detain Shahen Haroutyunyan, the teenage son of jailed political activist Shant Haroutyunyan, after he was spotted concealing something under his shirt in Vardanants Square today before the scheduled Divine Liturgy to be celebrated by visiting Pope Francis.
Facebook user Davit Sanasaryan wrote on his FB page today.
Early this morning Pope Francis, who arrived yesterday in Armenia for a three-day pilgrimage, paid his respects at the Tzitzernakaberd Genocide Memorial on a hill overlooking Yerevan.
Thousands travelled to Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, to welcome Pope Francis and to hear him celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the city center.