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MASS CELEBRATED AT ARMENIAN SOURP GIRAGOS CHURCH IN DIYARBAKIR
17:09 11.09.2013
Hundreds attended a church service held on Tues., Sept. 10, at the
Sourp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, the Armenian Weekly
reports.
Two days earlier, on Sun., Sept. 8, a church service was held at
the Sourp Khatch Church on Aghtamar Island in Van, during which five
Armenians were baptized.
The head of the Sourp Giragos Church Foundation, Vartkes Ergun Ayık,
told the Armenian Weekly that the two services were held two days
apart to maximize attendance.
Acting Patriarch Aram Ateshyan conducted the church services, as
Sourp Giragos does not yet have a priest.
The church service was also attended by Mayors Osman Baydemir
and Abdullah Demirbas, the heads of the Diyarbakir Metropolitan
Municipality and the Sour Municipality, respectively."Unfortunately,
there is no institution for training clergy in Turkey, which is why
two years ago an Armenian from Adiyaman [in Turkey] was sent to study
abroad. Upon the completion of his education, he will be assigned as
permanent pastor at Sourp Giragos," Ayık told the Weekly.
"The Armenian people was burnt into ashes in 1915. Today, the Armenians
are rising from the ashes in these lands," Demirbas told the Weekly.
Sourp Giragos was restored and opened for worship in 2011 through
the efforts of a handful of Armenian supporters and the Diyarbakir
municipal authorities.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/11/mass-celebrated-at-sourp-giragos-church-in-diyarbakir
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From: A. Papazian
17:09 11.09.2013
Hundreds attended a church service held on Tues., Sept. 10, at the
Sourp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, the Armenian Weekly
reports.
Two days earlier, on Sun., Sept. 8, a church service was held at
the Sourp Khatch Church on Aghtamar Island in Van, during which five
Armenians were baptized.
The head of the Sourp Giragos Church Foundation, Vartkes Ergun Ayık,
told the Armenian Weekly that the two services were held two days
apart to maximize attendance.
Acting Patriarch Aram Ateshyan conducted the church services, as
Sourp Giragos does not yet have a priest.
The church service was also attended by Mayors Osman Baydemir
and Abdullah Demirbas, the heads of the Diyarbakir Metropolitan
Municipality and the Sour Municipality, respectively."Unfortunately,
there is no institution for training clergy in Turkey, which is why
two years ago an Armenian from Adiyaman [in Turkey] was sent to study
abroad. Upon the completion of his education, he will be assigned as
permanent pastor at Sourp Giragos," Ayık told the Weekly.
"The Armenian people was burnt into ashes in 1915. Today, the Armenians
are rising from the ashes in these lands," Demirbas told the Weekly.
Sourp Giragos was restored and opened for worship in 2011 through
the efforts of a handful of Armenian supporters and the Diyarbakir
municipal authorities.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/11/mass-celebrated-at-sourp-giragos-church-in-diyarbakir
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From: A. Papazian