YEREVAN (Armenpress)–The All-Armenian Shiraz charitable organization that involves families with many children–and the Organization for Protection of Children’s Rights are planning to baptize 2001 children as part of the events devoted to 1700th anniversary of Christianity adoption by Armenia’s to be marked next year.
The first ceremony–that was held on October 14 in the Yerevan central square–involved 301 children who were baptized by godfather Alexander Givoyev–the chairman of the Organization for Protection of Children’s Rights.