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    ACTIONS OF PROTEST AGAINST ENCROACHMENTS ON ARMENIAN CHURCHES IN GEORGIA BEING HELD IN YEREVAN

    De Facto
    Dec 2, 2008

    YEREVAN, 03.12.08. DE FACTO. An action of protest against encroachments
    committed against Armenian cultural-historical monuments, in part,
    churches situated on the territory of Georgia, started this morning in
    front of the U. N. representation in the center of Yerevan. Students
    of various higher educational institutions of Armenia participate in
    the action of protest.

    To note, the attempts of desecration of Armenian Surb Norashen Church
    have been recently made in Georgia.

    Father Tariel, a clergyman of a Georgian church situated in the
    vicinity of Surb Norashen, initiated the construction of a fence,
    using symbols peculiar of Georgian Orthodox Church. After holding
    talks with Georgian authorities, under the pressure of Armenian party
    and Georgia's Armenian public Tbilisi City Hall rendered a decision
    on the construction's illegality and fence's dismantling. However,
    the directions were not followed.

    Moreover, some time later father Tariel made new encroachments,
    in part, an attempt of moving the graves of patrons of art
    Tamamshevs. Georgian Eparchy of Armenian Apostolic Church also
    protested against encroachments on Surb Norashen.

    The attempt of defilement of two graves of the Tamamshevs was again
    made in Tbilisi on November 16. The act of defilement was made
    under the guidance of father Tariel Sikinchelashvili, who did it,
    in his =0 Awords, "within the frames of his private program on
    improvement of the territory adjoining the Armenian Church". The
    Ombudsman's representatives and patrol were called to the place of
    incident. Under the pressure of those present, father Tariel and a
    group of workers-accessories had to put the tombstones back.
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