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ARMENIANS OF FRANCE REFUSED FROM PARTICIPATING IN INAUGURATION OF HOLY CROSS
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.03.2007 17:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations
of France (CCAF) refused to take part in inauguration of the Holy
Church on Akhtamar island.
French independent journalist Jean Eckian told the PanARMENIAN.Net
corespondent that in his letter addressed to Van governor Alexis
Govciyan stated that the Holy Cross Church, which is an Armenian
cultural heritage, must remain property of the Armenian Patriarchate
of Turkey and function as a temple. Also, A. Govciyan pointed out
the inadmissibility of transforing the church into a museum without
any reference of his belonging to the cultural Armenian heritage.
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.03.2007 17:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations
of France (CCAF) refused to take part in inauguration of the Holy
Church on Akhtamar island.
French independent journalist Jean Eckian told the PanARMENIAN.Net
corespondent that in his letter addressed to Van governor Alexis
Govciyan stated that the Holy Cross Church, which is an Armenian
cultural heritage, must remain property of the Armenian Patriarchate
of Turkey and function as a temple. Also, A. Govciyan pointed out
the inadmissibility of transforing the church into a museum without
any reference of his belonging to the cultural Armenian heritage.