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TURKEY TO BEGIN SECOND RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL ARMENIAN CHURCH
Turkish Press
Dec 18 2012
The Armenian Akdamar Church, located on Akdamar Island on Lake Van, is
scheduled to be restored again as part of a project in line with
preservation programs which have been recently completed by the
Turkish government.
Turkey finished the restoration of the historical Armenian church of
Akdamar on Lake Van last year. A mass ceremony was also held at
Akdamar last fall, which was attended by thousands of Armenian
worshipers throughout the world and the Armenian community of Turkey
and led by Archbishop Aram Ateshian of the Armenian Patriarchate of
Turkey.
The second restoration project which is set to begin in April 2013 is
expected to take six months with a cost of approximately TL 1.2
million.
Turkish Press
Dec 18 2012
The Armenian Akdamar Church, located on Akdamar Island on Lake Van, is
scheduled to be restored again as part of a project in line with
preservation programs which have been recently completed by the
Turkish government.
Turkey finished the restoration of the historical Armenian church of
Akdamar on Lake Van last year. A mass ceremony was also held at
Akdamar last fall, which was attended by thousands of Armenian
worshipers throughout the world and the Armenian community of Turkey
and led by Archbishop Aram Ateshian of the Armenian Patriarchate of
Turkey.
The second restoration project which is set to begin in April 2013 is
expected to take six months with a cost of approximately TL 1.2
million.