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ARMENIAN NEWS-NEWS.AM PRESENTS PHOTOS OF ARMENIAN MONASTERY COLLAPSED BY TURKEY'S QUAKE
news.am, Armenia
Oct 31 2011
VAN. - Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent visited the Varagavank
Monastery, which is a major Armenian holy site nearby Van, Turkey,
and photographed the Monastery, which collapsed after the October 23
earthquake in Van.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that the Monastery was damaged
in the quake.
After reopening of the Holy Cross Armenian Church, on Akhtamar Island
in Lake Van, Yukaribakrachli villagers had applied, to Van Provincial
Hall and Provincial Department on Culture and Tourism, with a request
to restore the Varagavank Monastery Complex located in their village.
And in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent, the
village imam Mehmet Choban had noted that the nearby mosque needs to
be dismantled in order to restore Varagavank. "The new mosque is being
built quickly. Once it is built, the old [one] will be dismantled and
Varagavank's restoration will start," the imam had said, stressing
that those in charge had stated that Varagavank's restoration would
start in 2012.
http://news.am/eng/news/80065.html
From: A. Papazian
news.am, Armenia
Oct 31 2011
VAN. - Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent visited the Varagavank
Monastery, which is a major Armenian holy site nearby Van, Turkey,
and photographed the Monastery, which collapsed after the October 23
earthquake in Van.
Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier that the Monastery was damaged
in the quake.
After reopening of the Holy Cross Armenian Church, on Akhtamar Island
in Lake Van, Yukaribakrachli villagers had applied, to Van Provincial
Hall and Provincial Department on Culture and Tourism, with a request
to restore the Varagavank Monastery Complex located in their village.
And in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am's correspondent, the
village imam Mehmet Choban had noted that the nearby mosque needs to
be dismantled in order to restore Varagavank. "The new mosque is being
built quickly. Once it is built, the old [one] will be dismantled and
Varagavank's restoration will start," the imam had said, stressing
that those in charge had stated that Varagavank's restoration would
start in 2012.
http://news.am/eng/news/80065.html
From: A. Papazian