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ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TBILISI IN SPECIALISTS' HIGHLIGHT
Aysor
Aug 2 2010
Armenia
A delegation of Armenia's Ministry of Culture, headed by Deputy
Minister Arev Samuelian, will travel to Georgia on August 5 to discuss
with Georgian specialists issues of restoration and designing of
Armenian Church of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots in Tbilisi, country's capital.
Armenian Ministry of Culture has recently informed the National Agency
for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Georgia that preparation
works are being conducting in territory of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots Church
in order to learn the situation to design church's restoration project.
Acting chief of the Agency Zurab Miminoshvili assured that the
works are led by experienced architect-restorer Shalva Melikidze. At
the current moment, some works ended and works on learning of the
engineering and geological conditions of the church's foundation
are underway.
A spokeswoman to Armenian Ministry of Culture, Gayane Durgarian, told
Aysor that the group of Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia
for conducting the further works.
"The Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia as long as it is
necessary; they will discuss all the issues related to the project,
at the place," she stressed.
When asked whether it is possible to restore St. Gevorg Mugnetsots
Church ignoring the Armenian architectural traditions, following
the statement made by Georgia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander
Nalbandov, who said that "all churches in controversy, which are
located in the country, are Georgian, not Armenian," Mrs Durgarian
said: "Don't nip on ahead, let the experts answer."
From: A. Papazian
Aysor
Aug 2 2010
Armenia
A delegation of Armenia's Ministry of Culture, headed by Deputy
Minister Arev Samuelian, will travel to Georgia on August 5 to discuss
with Georgian specialists issues of restoration and designing of
Armenian Church of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots in Tbilisi, country's capital.
Armenian Ministry of Culture has recently informed the National Agency
for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Georgia that preparation
works are being conducting in territory of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots Church
in order to learn the situation to design church's restoration project.
Acting chief of the Agency Zurab Miminoshvili assured that the
works are led by experienced architect-restorer Shalva Melikidze. At
the current moment, some works ended and works on learning of the
engineering and geological conditions of the church's foundation
are underway.
A spokeswoman to Armenian Ministry of Culture, Gayane Durgarian, told
Aysor that the group of Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia
for conducting the further works.
"The Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia as long as it is
necessary; they will discuss all the issues related to the project,
at the place," she stressed.
When asked whether it is possible to restore St. Gevorg Mugnetsots
Church ignoring the Armenian architectural traditions, following
the statement made by Georgia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander
Nalbandov, who said that "all churches in controversy, which are
located in the country, are Georgian, not Armenian," Mrs Durgarian
said: "Don't nip on ahead, let the experts answer."
From: A. Papazian