Repair works of Russian Orthodox Church started in Gyumri

GYUMRI, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS: The repair works of “Surb Arsenii” Russian Orthodox Church have started in the town on the initiative of Gyumri mayor. This church, built in “Kazachi Post” district of Gyumri in 1910, is famous for the thing that the wedding ceremony of Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny has been held here.

Military churches with suchlike architecture have also been constructed in Turkey and Turkmenistan. The church has stopped working still in the 1960s and has turned into a reserve.

Press Secretary of Gyumri Municipality Lilit Aghekyan told Armenpress that the mayor has intended to implement the repair works of the church by the personal means. There is an issue of repair of the rough. The works on roof repairing and on placing of doors and windows are intended to accomplish by the end of the year, after which the inner furnishing process will start,” Mrs. Aghekyan said.

The church will not be subject to architectural change. A spiritual-educational center is intended to open adjacent to the building.