On 2 August President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook in the solemn ceremony of lighting the torch of the 5th Pan-Armenian games at the Gandzasar's Cathedral of St John the Baptist and delivered a welcoming address
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Head of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, speaker of the National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan, chairman of the Pan-Armenian Games' international committee Ishkhan Zakharyan, numerous guests from Armenia and Diaspora were present at the ceremony.
2011-08-02
