AN ATTEMPT TO "GEORGIANIZE" ANOTHER ARMENIAN CHURCH
Liana Yeghiazaryan
"Radiolur"
03.11.2010 13:28
The St. Yerevman Church in Akhaltskha is the recurrent Armenian Church,
which the Georgian authorities are trying to make Georgian.
Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of Research on Armenian Architecture
NGO, expert of monuments Samvel Karapetyan declared today that the
by the beginning of the 18th century the St. Cross Church belonged
to eth Armenian Apostolic Church, after which it was transferred to
the Catholic Community of Georgia.
According to Samvel Karapetyan, today the Georgian Church is trying
to invent a story that there exists a Georgian Catholic community,
to which the church belongs. Samvel Karaetyan noted that this is more
an issue to be solved by the church rather than the authorities.
From: A. Papazian
Liana Yeghiazaryan
"Radiolur"
03.11.2010 13:28
The St. Yerevman Church in Akhaltskha is the recurrent Armenian Church,
which the Georgian authorities are trying to make Georgian.
Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of Research on Armenian Architecture
NGO, expert of monuments Samvel Karapetyan declared today that the
by the beginning of the 18th century the St. Cross Church belonged
to eth Armenian Apostolic Church, after which it was transferred to
the Catholic Community of Georgia.
According to Samvel Karapetyan, today the Georgian Church is trying
to invent a story that there exists a Georgian Catholic community,
to which the church belongs. Samvel Karaetyan noted that this is more
an issue to be solved by the church rather than the authorities.
From: A. Papazian