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Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
September 9, 2012 Sunday
Ritual at Akdamar Church
Ritual to be held at the Akdamar Church in Lake Van will also include
prayers for the victims of the Van earthquake and all those Syrians
killed due to clashes in Syria. VAN (AA) - September 9, 2012 - An
Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Turkish Armenians, Aram Ateshian on
Saturday said that the ritual to be held at the Akdamar Church in Lake
Van on Sunday will also include prayers for the victims of the Van
earthquake and all those Syrians killed due to clashes in Syria.
Ateshian, Bishop Aris Sivanyan from the Armenian Patriarchate of
Jerusalem and Bishop Khajag Barsamyan from the United States visited
the Governor of Van, Munir Karaloglu on Saturday.
"What is important for our community is to hold the ritual on Sunday
in tranquility and make prayers," Ateshian noted.
"Sivanyan and Barsamyan will join us at Sunday's ritual. Moreover, a
70-member group of Armenians from the United States had a chance to
see the region where their ancestors lived for the first time,"
Ateshian stressed.
Governor Karaloglu, in his part, said that Sunday's ritual would be
the third one at the Akdamar Church and they hoped the ritual would
take place in tranquility.
Annual rituals take place at the Akdamar Church after the Turkish
Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a permission two years ago.
September 9, 2012 Sunday
Ritual at Akdamar Church
Ritual to be held at the Akdamar Church in Lake Van will also include
prayers for the victims of the Van earthquake and all those Syrians
killed due to clashes in Syria. VAN (AA) - September 9, 2012 - An
Archbishop of the Patriarchate of Turkish Armenians, Aram Ateshian on
Saturday said that the ritual to be held at the Akdamar Church in Lake
Van on Sunday will also include prayers for the victims of the Van
earthquake and all those Syrians killed due to clashes in Syria.
Ateshian, Bishop Aris Sivanyan from the Armenian Patriarchate of
Jerusalem and Bishop Khajag Barsamyan from the United States visited
the Governor of Van, Munir Karaloglu on Saturday.
"What is important for our community is to hold the ritual on Sunday
in tranquility and make prayers," Ateshian noted.
"Sivanyan and Barsamyan will join us at Sunday's ritual. Moreover, a
70-member group of Armenians from the United States had a chance to
see the region where their ancestors lived for the first time,"
Ateshian stressed.
Governor Karaloglu, in his part, said that Sunday's ritual would be
the third one at the Akdamar Church and they hoped the ritual would
take place in tranquility.
Annual rituals take place at the Akdamar Church after the Turkish
Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a permission two years ago.