YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS: The first Armenian cross-stone was opened in the center of Prague on April 25 which His Holiness Karekin II devoted to the Armenian community in the Czech Republic on the occasion the Armenian Apostolic Church received an official registration in the Czech Republic and as a sign of the Armenian-Czech friendship.

Armenpress reports that the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the leader of the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, Cardinal Archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka attended the solemn ceremony. The representative of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the leader of the Romanian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Bishop Tatev Hakobyan, the Cardinal Dominik Duka, the pastor of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia Barsegh Pilavchyan carried out the blessing.

Hundreds of Armenians gathered in the park near St.  Yindrikh and St. Kunhut Church in the center of Prague where by the permission of the Catholic Church and Prague City Hall the Armenian cross-stone was opened.