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Financial Mirror, Cyprus
May 6 2011
Cyprus Armenians return to Turkish-occupied monastery for 4th pilgrimage
May 06, 2011 - www.financialmirror.com
The Armenian community of Cyprus is returning to the historic Sourp
Magar (St. Makarios) monastery for the fourth time this year as a
pilgrimage to one of the holiest shrines of the Armenian Apostolic
church.
The medieval monastery, that lies at the top of the Turkish-occupied
Kyrenia mountain range, has fallen victim to looters since the war in
1974 and all but the walls remain intact.
The annual pilgrimage, taking place on May 8, 2011, is jointly
organised by the Office of the Armenian Representative, Vartkes
Mahdessian, and the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus, in close cooperation
with the United Nations. Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian will officiate.
Several hundred Armenians from Cyprus and abroad take part in the
pilgrimage celebrated on the first Sunday of each May, as had been
done for more than a century. The official commemoration mass took
place at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Church in Nicosia on Sunday,
May 1, 2011.
(Video includes comments by Sweden's Ambassador, Ingemar Lindahl and
the Armenian Representative in Cyprus, Vartkes Mahdessian)
http://www.financialmirror.com/News/Cyprus_and_World_News/23357
From: A. Papazian
May 6 2011
Cyprus Armenians return to Turkish-occupied monastery for 4th pilgrimage
May 06, 2011 - www.financialmirror.com
The Armenian community of Cyprus is returning to the historic Sourp
Magar (St. Makarios) monastery for the fourth time this year as a
pilgrimage to one of the holiest shrines of the Armenian Apostolic
church.
The medieval monastery, that lies at the top of the Turkish-occupied
Kyrenia mountain range, has fallen victim to looters since the war in
1974 and all but the walls remain intact.
The annual pilgrimage, taking place on May 8, 2011, is jointly
organised by the Office of the Armenian Representative, Vartkes
Mahdessian, and the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus, in close cooperation
with the United Nations. Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian will officiate.
Several hundred Armenians from Cyprus and abroad take part in the
pilgrimage celebrated on the first Sunday of each May, as had been
done for more than a century. The official commemoration mass took
place at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Church in Nicosia on Sunday,
May 1, 2011.
(Video includes comments by Sweden's Ambassador, Ingemar Lindahl and
the Armenian Representative in Cyprus, Vartkes Mahdessian)
http://www.financialmirror.com/News/Cyprus_and_World_News/23357
From: A. Papazian