CANADIAN ARMENIANS ARRIVE WITH CHARITY MISSION

ARTIMET, JULY 26, ARMENPRESS: Twenty-four young people (16-20 years old) from the Canadian Armenian Youth Mission headed by the leader of the Canadian Diocese of the Armenian Church Archbishop Bagrat Galstian arrived in Armenia with a charity mission and launched the reconstruction of St Astvatsatsin (Virgin) church built in 1876 in Artimet village, Armavir province. The volunteers of the program organized a camp for 60 children from socially unsecured families of the village Aratashen and after their work they join the kids.
Archbishop said the funds spent on the implementation of the charity program are provided by the Canadian Armenian community. The volunteers arrived in Armenia for a month and are hosted by the local farmers.