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ARMENIAN SURB NSHAN CHURCH COMES ACROSS A NEW ACT OF VANDALISM
arminfo
Thursday, February 9, 19:21
The Armenian Surb Nshan Church has come across a new act of vandalism.
Head of the Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) Foundation Samvel
Karapetyan says in his interview with ArmInfo that recently a signal
has been received that the marble font broke down during the cleaning
of the church from the aftermath of a fire. The expert points out that
all the Armenian churches appropriated by Georgia have come across
such situation. "This shows that they want to appropriate the Surb
Nshan Church, too", stresses Karapetyan.
According to Karapetyan, the Georgian party has recently stated that
there allegedly used to be a Georgian church in the place of Surb
Nshan. "It is true that there used to be a more ancient church in
the place of Surb Nshan. But the fact is that it was also an Armenian
church. This is proved by the materials dated 1624 and 1656", he says.
Moreover, the ancient church was mentioned in 1672 by a French
traveler, who visited Tiflis and pointed out that church among three
Armenian churches.
The construction of the Surb Nshan Church was launched in 1703 and
completed in 1720.
On 9 Jan 2012 a fire occurred in the Surb Nshan Church, as a result
of which the northeastern part of the church collapsed. An Armenian
delegation visited Georgia to see the situation on the spot. A mutual
decision was made to clean the territory from the garbage and restore
the church. The Georgian party assumed the commitment to clean the
church from the garbage.
arminfo
Thursday, February 9, 19:21
The Armenian Surb Nshan Church has come across a new act of vandalism.
Head of the Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) Foundation Samvel
Karapetyan says in his interview with ArmInfo that recently a signal
has been received that the marble font broke down during the cleaning
of the church from the aftermath of a fire. The expert points out that
all the Armenian churches appropriated by Georgia have come across
such situation. "This shows that they want to appropriate the Surb
Nshan Church, too", stresses Karapetyan.
According to Karapetyan, the Georgian party has recently stated that
there allegedly used to be a Georgian church in the place of Surb
Nshan. "It is true that there used to be a more ancient church in
the place of Surb Nshan. But the fact is that it was also an Armenian
church. This is proved by the materials dated 1624 and 1656", he says.
Moreover, the ancient church was mentioned in 1672 by a French
traveler, who visited Tiflis and pointed out that church among three
Armenian churches.
The construction of the Surb Nshan Church was launched in 1703 and
completed in 1720.
On 9 Jan 2012 a fire occurred in the Surb Nshan Church, as a result
of which the northeastern part of the church collapsed. An Armenian
delegation visited Georgia to see the situation on the spot. A mutual
decision was made to clean the territory from the garbage and restore
the church. The Georgian party assumed the commitment to clean the
church from the garbage.