In the morning of March 21, a delegation of athletes from the Republic of Armenia, participants of held these days in Tbilisi the European Championship in Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, visited the “Hayartun” Cultural Centre of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia. European champion in freestyle wrestling David Safaryan, his coach Araik Baghdadyan, and sportscaster on RA Public broadcasting Karen Giloyan were among the guests. Holy fathers of Surb Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, “Hayartun” Cultural Centre staff and the students of kindergarten named after Movses Khorenatsi, functioning at the “Hayartun”Cultural Centre, who were gathered in the churchyard of Surb Etchmiadzin Church, met the delegation.
After receiving the blessing from Spiritual shepherd in Surb Echmiadzin Church Ter-Manuk Zeinalayan, guests accompanied by Levon Chidilyan, the Coordinator of the “Hayartun” Cultural Center, visited the center. Then a short duration discussion with the staff members of the “Hayartun” Cultural Center and the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia was held. Everybody with great interest listened to the story of the guests about the sport life, hard work and workouts of European champion David Safarian, a 66 kg weight class freestyle wrestler, who on 19th of March, on the first day of competition, defeated Gor Jakub of Turkey and won the gold medal of the European championship.
Tengiz Mikoyants, the Armenian famous artist living in Tbilisi, handed his painting of Tbilisi to the gold medal winner David Safaryan. The guests left the “Hayartun” Cultural Centre with bright impressions and best wishes of new victories from the compatriots. |