President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on April 5 attended the inaugural ceremony of the statue of St. Gregory of Narek in Vatican on the sidelines of his official visit to the Holy See, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.
The opening ceremony of the statue has been done by Armenia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See Mikayel Minasyan.
A two-meter-high bronze statue has been made in the Czech Republic, the sculptor of the statue is People’s Painter of Armenia Davit Yerevantsi and the architect is Mikayel Hasratyan. This initiative turned into reality thanks to the support of Ambassador Mikayel Minasyan and famous Russian-Armenian businessman Artur Janibekyan, as well as the organizational efforts of Vardan Karapetyan, responsible for culture department of the Armenian Embassy in the Holy See. Two statues were made: one was erected in Vatican, and the next will be erected in Etchmiadzin.
