TURKISH AUTHORITIES MISREPRESENT VAN HISTORY ON LITURGY DAY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 23, 2010 - 18:51 AMT 13:51 GMT
On the day of the liturgy at Akhtamar's Holy Cross Armenian
Church, Turkish authorities were distributing leaflets containing
misrepresented history of the city of Van among foreign tourists.
As journalist Hasmik Hambardzumyan stressed at news conference,
Armenian journalists were impeded in their work by the representatives
of the Constantinople Patriarchate of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
"Turkey's expectations were not justified, as only a few hundreds of
Armenians attended the holy mass in Van," she noted.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 23, 2010 - 18:51 AMT 13:51 GMT
On the day of the liturgy at Akhtamar's Holy Cross Armenian
Church, Turkish authorities were distributing leaflets containing
misrepresented history of the city of Van among foreign tourists.
As journalist Hasmik Hambardzumyan stressed at news conference,
Armenian journalists were impeded in their work by the representatives
of the Constantinople Patriarchate of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
"Turkey's expectations were not justified, as only a few hundreds of
Armenians attended the holy mass in Van," she noted.
From: A. Papazian