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  • ANKARA: Turkey To Open Armenian Church In Eastern City To Worship,

    Turkish Press
    Jan 4 2010


    Turkey To Open Armenian Church In Eastern City To Worship, Governor
    VAN - A regional governor said on Thursday that Turkey would open an
    Armenian church in an eastern city to worship in 2010.

    Munir Karaloglu, the governor of the eastern province of Van, said
    they would open the Akdamar Church to worship in September 2010.

    "We expect all Armenian citizens to a prayer at the Akdamar Church on
    September 12, 2010," Karaloglu told AA correspondent.

    The Akdamar Church on Akdamar Island on Lake Van was opened in 2007 as
    a museum after it was restored by the Turkish government between May
    2005 and October 2006. The restoration costed 1.7 million USD (2.6
    million Turkish liras).

    Karaloglu said he had contacted the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
    for opening of the church to worship, and they would invite all
    Armenians to the prayer in 2010.

    Then Turkish Culture & Tourism Minister Atilla Koc, then Armenian
    Deputy Minister of Culture Gagik Gyurjan, and Mesrob II, the patriarch
    of Turkish Armenians, participated in the inauguration ceremony on
    March 29, 2007.

    The Akdamar Church was constructed by architect bishop Manuel between
    915 and 921 A.D. under the supervision of King Gagik I.

    Among the important pieces of Armenian architecture, the church draws
    attraction with its stone workmanship and the relieves on its walls.
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