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ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY RINGS BELL FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 100 YEARS
France 24
April 1 2013
Despite no priest being available to hold a mass, worshipers gathered
at the recently restored Surp Giragos Armenian Church in eastern
Turkey on Easter Sunday to pray and listen to the church's bell ring
out for the first time in 98 years.
The Armenian community has rung the bells of Diyarbakır's Surp
Giragos Armenian Church for the first time in 98 years to celebrate
the Easter holiday, but failed to hold a proper mass due to a lack
of priests to take part, Dogan news ageny reported yesterday.
The church had been out of service for almost a century now, and was
recently restored with a $3,200,000 budget before it was re-opened.
The community visited the grounds yesterday, Easter Sunday. The bronze
bell, which was built in Russia, was rung for the first time in almost
a century.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130401-bells-ring-out-armenian-church-first-time-nearly-century
France 24
April 1 2013
Despite no priest being available to hold a mass, worshipers gathered
at the recently restored Surp Giragos Armenian Church in eastern
Turkey on Easter Sunday to pray and listen to the church's bell ring
out for the first time in 98 years.
The Armenian community has rung the bells of Diyarbakır's Surp
Giragos Armenian Church for the first time in 98 years to celebrate
the Easter holiday, but failed to hold a proper mass due to a lack
of priests to take part, Dogan news ageny reported yesterday.
The church had been out of service for almost a century now, and was
recently restored with a $3,200,000 budget before it was re-opened.
The community visited the grounds yesterday, Easter Sunday. The bronze
bell, which was built in Russia, was rung for the first time in almost
a century.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130401-bells-ring-out-armenian-church-first-time-nearly-century