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ACTIONS OF PROTEST AGAINST ENCROACHMENTS ON ARMENIAN CHURCHES IN GEORGIA BEING HELD IN YEREVAN
De Facto
Dec 2, 2008
YEREVAN, 03.12.08. DE FACTO. An action of protest against encroachments
committed against Armenian cultural-historical monuments, in part,
churches situated on the territory of Georgia, started this morning in
front of the U. N. representation in the center of Yerevan. Students
of various higher educational institutions of Armenia participate in
the action of protest.
To note, the attempts of desecration of Armenian Surb Norashen Church
have been recently made in Georgia.
Father Tariel, a clergyman of a Georgian church situated in the
vicinity of Surb Norashen, initiated the construction of a fence,
using symbols peculiar of Georgian Orthodox Church. After holding
talks with Georgian authorities, under the pressure of Armenian party
and Georgia's Armenian public Tbilisi City Hall rendered a decision
on the construction's illegality and fence's dismantling. However,
the directions were not followed.
Moreover, some time later father Tariel made new encroachments,
in part, an attempt of moving the graves of patrons of art
Tamamshevs. Georgian Eparchy of Armenian Apostolic Church also
protested against encroachments on Surb Norashen.
The attempt of defilement of two graves of the Tamamshevs was again
made in Tbilisi on November 16. The act of defilement was made
under the guidance of father Tariel Sikinchelashvili, who did it,
in his =0 Awords, "within the frames of his private program on
improvement of the territory adjoining the Armenian Church". The
Ombudsman's representatives and patrol were called to the place of
incident. Under the pressure of those present, father Tariel and a
group of workers-accessories had to put the tombstones back.
De Facto
Dec 2, 2008
YEREVAN, 03.12.08. DE FACTO. An action of protest against encroachments
committed against Armenian cultural-historical monuments, in part,
churches situated on the territory of Georgia, started this morning in
front of the U. N. representation in the center of Yerevan. Students
of various higher educational institutions of Armenia participate in
the action of protest.
To note, the attempts of desecration of Armenian Surb Norashen Church
have been recently made in Georgia.
Father Tariel, a clergyman of a Georgian church situated in the
vicinity of Surb Norashen, initiated the construction of a fence,
using symbols peculiar of Georgian Orthodox Church. After holding
talks with Georgian authorities, under the pressure of Armenian party
and Georgia's Armenian public Tbilisi City Hall rendered a decision
on the construction's illegality and fence's dismantling. However,
the directions were not followed.
Moreover, some time later father Tariel made new encroachments,
in part, an attempt of moving the graves of patrons of art
Tamamshevs. Georgian Eparchy of Armenian Apostolic Church also
protested against encroachments on Surb Norashen.
The attempt of defilement of two graves of the Tamamshevs was again
made in Tbilisi on November 16. The act of defilement was made
under the guidance of father Tariel Sikinchelashvili, who did it,
in his =0 Awords, "within the frames of his private program on
improvement of the territory adjoining the Armenian Church". The
Ombudsman's representatives and patrol were called to the place of
incident. Under the pressure of those present, father Tariel and a
group of workers-accessories had to put the tombstones back.