Armenians have 6,500 churches for 9 million people

Hrant Bagratyan, the ex-PM of Armenia, says that Armenians have 6,500 churches for 9 million people. That’s one church per 1,450 people. “Only the Greeks have higher density,” he says. Bagratyan estimates that $30 billion has been spent to build the churches which cost $400 million per annum in wear and tear. Catholicos Karekin II leads the drive to build more churches to fight “sects and cults” which have penetrated Armenia in recent years.

Hrant Bagratyan, the ex-PM of Armenia, says that Armenians have 6,500 churches for 9 million people. That’s one church per 1,450 people. “Only the Greeks have higher density,” he says. Bagratyan estimates that $30 billion has been spent to build the churches which cost $400 million per annum in wear and tear. Catholicos Karekin II leads the drive to build more churches to fight “sects and cults” which have penetrated Armenia in recent years.