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8 October 2005 - 08:24 AMT

Festivities Marking City 2787th Anniversary Start In Yerevan

Festivities marking Yerevan Day – the 2787th anniversary of the founding of the city start in the Armenian capital today. The measures will start with the opening of festivities at the National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after Alexander Spendiaryan, while a concert and fireworks will take place in the Republic Square in the evening. Open doors day will be held in all medical institutions of the capital and patients will get medical consultation, humanitarian medicines for free and will be sent to hospitals if necessary. Concerts with participation of child bands will be held in Yerevan parks Sunday, while a gala-concert of Armenian pop stars will take place in the Republic Square in the evening. Erebuni-Yerevan holiday was first marked in 1967, when the city was 2750. Before 1988 the holiday was marked annually, however after declaration of the independence the tradition resumed only in 1998.