ETCHMIADZIN, AUGUST 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. 60 participants of the RA Ministry of Diaspora Come Home program's next stage who came from Russia, Georgia, Iran, France, the United States of America, Germany visited the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin on August 18 and met Friar Vardan Navasardian, the head of the Christian Educational Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. In his speech the Holy Father touched upon the issue of the preservation of Armenian spirit attaching importance to the relation with the Homeland, the faithfulness towards the Armenian Apostolic Saint Church, knowing the Armenian language and the role of young people in these issues. According to the Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, after the meeting the young people also visited the museums of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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