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ARMENIAN CHURCH REOPENING CONCERTS CANCELED IN DIYARBAKIR
news.am
Oct 20 2011
Armenia
DIYARBAKIR. - The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople canceled
the concerts that were to be held in Diyarbakir, Turkey, with regard
to reopening of the city's St. Giragos Armenian church.
The Patriarchate canceled the events in connection with Wednesday's
killing of 24 Turkish military servicemen by Kurdish fighters,
Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reported from Diyarbakir.
Reopening and consecration of St. Giragos, which is one of the largest
churches in the Middle East, will take place on October 22 while the
first Holy Mass will be celebrated on the next day.
The church was left to its fate after 1980, but Diyarbakir Armenians
who now live in Istanbul established the St. Giragos Fund in order
to restore the church. This Armenian fund paid 70 percent of the
restoration costs, worth $2.5 million dollars, and the Diyarbakir
City Hall paid the remaining 30 percent.
St. Giragos will reopen as a functioning church.
news.am
Oct 20 2011
Armenia
DIYARBAKIR. - The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople canceled
the concerts that were to be held in Diyarbakir, Turkey, with regard
to reopening of the city's St. Giragos Armenian church.
The Patriarchate canceled the events in connection with Wednesday's
killing of 24 Turkish military servicemen by Kurdish fighters,
Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reported from Diyarbakir.
Reopening and consecration of St. Giragos, which is one of the largest
churches in the Middle East, will take place on October 22 while the
first Holy Mass will be celebrated on the next day.
The church was left to its fate after 1980, but Diyarbakir Armenians
who now live in Istanbul established the St. Giragos Fund in order
to restore the church. This Armenian fund paid 70 percent of the
restoration costs, worth $2.5 million dollars, and the Diyarbakir
City Hall paid the remaining 30 percent.
St. Giragos will reopen as a functioning church.