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ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE VS. ETCHMIADZIN?
news.am
Aug 8 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Armenian We will not be Silent initiative has prepared a
slide show on the temples and churches under threat of extinction.
The exclusive video allows assessing threat of losses Armenian cultural
heritage is faced with.
The initiative recalls that in an interview with Mediamax agency
spokesperson for the center of Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy
Etchmiadzin, Father Vahram Melikyan said Catholicos had applied
to the agency on preservation of monuments asking to elaborate
renovation projects. Agency got relevant instructions of Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan (currently - former president). However,
Holy Etchmiadzin has not received any project so far.
The initiative has addressed the Culture Ministry for explanations
why instructions of Armenian president and proposal of Catholicos
have not been implemented.
The Culture Ministry issued a statement saying they had received no
call or written instruction.
"It is clear that one of them, either representatives of the Ministry
or Holy Etchmiadzin is lying. While they are playing cat-and-mouse,
our sacred places are being self-destroyed in the entire territory
of Armenia".
news.am
Aug 8 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Armenian We will not be Silent initiative has prepared a
slide show on the temples and churches under threat of extinction.
The exclusive video allows assessing threat of losses Armenian cultural
heritage is faced with.
The initiative recalls that in an interview with Mediamax agency
spokesperson for the center of Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy
Etchmiadzin, Father Vahram Melikyan said Catholicos had applied
to the agency on preservation of monuments asking to elaborate
renovation projects. Agency got relevant instructions of Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan (currently - former president). However,
Holy Etchmiadzin has not received any project so far.
The initiative has addressed the Culture Ministry for explanations
why instructions of Armenian president and proposal of Catholicos
have not been implemented.
The Culture Ministry issued a statement saying they had received no
call or written instruction.
"It is clear that one of them, either representatives of the Ministry
or Holy Etchmiadzin is lying. While they are playing cat-and-mouse,
our sacred places are being self-destroyed in the entire territory
of Armenia".