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    VIDEO: 5TH CENTURY ODZUN CHURCH THREATENS TO COLLAPSE, SAYS FOUNDATION

    epress.am
    http://www.epress.am/en/2011/11/16/video-5th-century-odzun-church-threatens-to-collapse-says-foundation.html
    11.16.2011

    Though today the Surb Mariam Astvatsatsin ("Holy Mary Mother of God")
    Church in the northern Armenian village of Odzun offers regular mass,
    conducts wedding, baptism and funeral ceremonies, the 1500-year-old
    church threatens to collapse, according to a press statement issued by
    the Hovhannes Imastaser Catholicos Oznetsi (Catholicos John of Odzun)
    charitable foundation.

    The Foundation notes that the church's roof, walls, and foundation
    are seriously damaged.

    On Oct. 18, the Foundation signed a memorandum with Armenia's Ministry
    of Culture to repair and restore the holy site. Now, it's just waiting
    for the results of the tender to select a construction company to
    conduct the work.

    The Foundation, established in April of this year by Odzun-born
    Russia-based businessman Movses Dzavaryan, is committed to financing
    reconstruction work, which will take around 3 years and present a
    film on the history of the monastery.

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