Yerevan Reporter

The South Caucasus Railway Company (SCR) has launched an investment program for 2023. This year, 2 billion 90 million drams (5.3 million USD) will be spent on the programs of development and maintenance of infrastructure and rolling stock. According to SCR, 290 million drams will be spent on rolling stock and 1.8 billion drams on infrastructure. 1.7 billion rubles will be invested in track equipment, 30 million rubles in electrification and power supply, 10 million rubles in automation, telemechanics and communication equipment. In 2023 it is planned to completely renovate 14 km of tracks by various types of capital repairs. It is planned to replace 15.6 thousand concrete and 4 thousand wooden sleepers along the entire length of the track. "This year the main volume of investment funds will be used for maintenance and development of the infrastructure, which directly affects the safety and smooth operation of the railway. 2023 will be a year of hard work for our company. Targeted

  The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates today the Holy Priests Voskian, the first martyrs and hermits of the Armenian Church. According to popular tradition, the Voskians were five envoys of the Roman Emperor to King Sanatruk. Arriving in Armenia in the middle of the 1st century, they met the Apostle Thaddeus and, under the influence of his sermons, were baptized and converted to Christianity. The eldest among them was Khrusi (Voski), which in Armenian means "gold" (hence the origin of the "Voskian"). He was also ordained a bishop. After the death of Thaddeus the Voskians secluded themselves in the mountains of Tsakhkavet (Tsakhkotn province) and lived a life of asceticism for almost forty years. Guided by the commandments of God, they came to the palace to preach Christianity to the Armenian King Artashes and Queen Satenik. In the palace their sermons were followed only by the relatives of Queen Satenik. The 18 courtiers, who arrived in Armenia together with t

  138 years ago, on February 9, 1885 (new style), in the family of a village priest in the village of Gandza near Akhalkalaki was born an outstanding Armenian poet Vahan Teryan. In 1899 Vahan entered Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow. Together with his friends Teryan publishes at the institute a handwritten newspaper "Nadezhda", where he not only writes editorials and editorials, but also heads the poetry department, where he publishes his poems under the pseudonyms of Shvin, Volo and others. In August 1906 Teryan enters Moscow University, the Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Faculty of History and Philology. Under the direct influence of the 1905-1907 revolution, he wrote the cycle of poems "Crown of Thorns", in which he glorifies the revolutionary fighters. On the night of December 3, 1906 Teryan's apartment was searched, he and a friend were arrested, but on December 13 he was released from custody. During this period Terja