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Renovated Diyarbakir Armenian church to host liturgy in renovated
monastery complex
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August 04, 2012 | 16:44
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop
Aram Ateshyan visited Armenia at the invitation of the Armenian
Ministry of Diaspora and within the frameworks of the My Armenia
cultural festival.
In an interview with told the Akunk daily he named the day of the
second liturgy to be held in the Armenian St. Giragos Church in
Diyarbakir, Turkey.
The Archbishop said that the church hold the opening ceremony last
year, when the main church was fully renovated. However, the St.
Giragos will hold its second official opening on November 4, as the
monastery complex will be fully opened again.
To note, St. Giragos, one of the biggest churches of the Middle East,
was reopened and consecrated last October, and also held the first
liturgy the same month.
From: Baghdasarian
monastery complex
news.am
August 04, 2012 | 16:44
YEREVAN. - Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop
Aram Ateshyan visited Armenia at the invitation of the Armenian
Ministry of Diaspora and within the frameworks of the My Armenia
cultural festival.
In an interview with told the Akunk daily he named the day of the
second liturgy to be held in the Armenian St. Giragos Church in
Diyarbakir, Turkey.
The Archbishop said that the church hold the opening ceremony last
year, when the main church was fully renovated. However, the St.
Giragos will hold its second official opening on November 4, as the
monastery complex will be fully opened again.
To note, St. Giragos, one of the biggest churches of the Middle East,
was reopened and consecrated last October, and also held the first
liturgy the same month.
From: Baghdasarian