ASHTARAK, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The collection of materials of the "Biblical Armenia" forum taken place in 1999 in the Surb Mesrop Mashtots Dpratun (scholars' house) of Oshakan within the framework of the 1700th anniversary of adopting the Christianity in Armenia, was published recently. Publications found place in the voluminous collection touch upon mentionings about Armenia in the Bible, paculiarities of its Armenian translation, the huge influence of the Holy Book on the Armenian Church, culture and public life. The book was published by the decree of Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan, the primate vicar of the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese and under the patronage of RA Central Bank head Tigran Sargsian.

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