TURKEY UNDERTAKES RECONSTRUCTION OF NEW ARMENIAN MONASTERY
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2009 18:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has started reconstruction of St. Kirakos
Armenian church of Diarbekir. Archbishop Aram Atesyan, Primate of AAC
Constantinople primate, has got familiarized with reconstruction work.
St. Kirakos will be the second church to be reconstructed after Holy
Cross of Akhtamar (Lake Van).
St. Kirakos and St. Sargis are the only well-preserved Armenian
monasteries in the south-east of Turkey. St. Kirakos dates from about
X-XI centuries, blagovest.info reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2009 18:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has started reconstruction of St. Kirakos
Armenian church of Diarbekir. Archbishop Aram Atesyan, Primate of AAC
Constantinople primate, has got familiarized with reconstruction work.
St. Kirakos will be the second church to be reconstructed after Holy
Cross of Akhtamar (Lake Van).
St. Kirakos and St. Sargis are the only well-preserved Armenian
monasteries in the south-east of Turkey. St. Kirakos dates from about
X-XI centuries, blagovest.info reports.