The World’s Tallest Jesus Statue Is Nearing Completion in Armenia

Jesus is (nearly) risen. Armenia is close to finishing what could become the world’s tallest statue of Jesus Christ, a 252-foot monument rising on Mount Hatis, about 20 miles northeast of the country’s capital, Yerevan.  The project, backed by businessman and former politician Gagik Tsarukyan, includes a 108-foot aluminum statue of Christ sitting atop a…