President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday headed for Etchmiadzin to participate in the city’s 2699th anniversary events.

Before that, however, the President stopped over at Saint Hripsimé Church in Etchmiadzin, visited the city’s Palace of Culture named after Komitas, and attended the session devoted to Etchmiadzin’s anniversary.

In addition, Sargsyan visited the exhibition that has opened to mark the city’s anniversary, and toured the festive pavilions at Komitas Square in Etchmiadzin.

After the event, the President placed flowers to the monument dedicated to the Nagorno-Karabakh war and paid tribute to its victims.

Subsequently, Sargsyan headed for the Malatia-Sebastia District of capital city Yerevan, where he attended the official openings of a school, a community center, and an elementary school building.

On the occasion of the opening of the educational complex, President Serzh Sargsyan awarded the Movses Khorenatsi Medal to American-Armenian philanthropist Edward Avedisian, and in recognition of his significant contribution to the preservation of the Armenian identity.