May
04, 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Shelley
Nolan Freesland/ANN staff
Adventist
media officials say two new Adventist World Radio FM stations in Armenia will
connect with residents of the world’s oldest official Christian country.
AWR
recently began broadcasting programs in Armenian, the latest in a line-up of
more than 80 languages offered by the radio arm of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. A radio station in the capital city of Yerevan and another in Vanadzor
will carry programming on spirituality, health and family.
“Many young people are moving to the capital
for jobs and education, and the nation is facing hard economic times,
especially in the villages and small towns,” says Vigen Khachatryan, Media
Center director for the church’s Trans-Caucasus Union Mission, based in Tbilisi,
Georgia.
“Radio
programs can help the church’s outreach efforts in Armenia,” Khachatryan says,
adding that the historically Christian nation is more open to spiritual issues
than many secular European countries.
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