Russian president awards Order of Alexander Nevsky to Archbishop  Yezras Nersisyan

ArmInfo. Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the head of the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Yezras  Nersisyan, the Order of Alexander Nevsky; the corresponding decree  was published on the legal information portal, RIA Novosti reports.

"For his great contribution to ensuring the activities of the Council  for Interaction with Religious Associations under the President of  the Russian Federation, award the Order of Alexander Nevsky to  Archbishop Yezras, head of the centralized religious organization of  the Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Holy Armenian  Apostolic Orthodox Church," the document says.