GEGHARD, MARCH 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The Geghardavank choir headed by abbot monk Ghevond Ghevondian will leave for Germany where it will have concerts. The artistic head of the group is Artistry Candidate, Assistant Professor Mher Navoyan, and the choir-master is Anahit Papayan. This concert tour was organized under the UNESCO patronage, within the framework of cooperation of Surb (Saint) Geghardavank and medieval Lorsch Monastery in Germany. Cooperation of the two monasteries started in 2001, when the representation of the Lorsch Scientific-Research Institute visited Armenia, particularly, S.Geghardavank. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the next tour of the choir to Germany is the second one. Concerts will take place in the cities of Munich, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Lorsch, Hanau, Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main. Armenian spiritual and people's songs are involved in the concert program. Under the patronage of Archbishop Garegin Bekchian, the primate of the Armenian diocese of Germany, the choir will have concerts for the Armenian community of the cities of Cologne and Hanau on March 9 and 10.

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