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    HISTORIC ARMENIAN CHURCH TO REOPEN IN TURKEY'S EAST

    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Feb 5 2014

    04 February 2014 16:39 (Last updated 04 February 2014 16:41)
    1,700-year-old St. Bartholomew Monastery church was reopened to
    worship last year after relocation of army base.

    VAN, Turkey

    A church in the 1,700-year-old St. Bartholomew Monastery in Turkey's
    eastern city Van will be restored and opened to tourists.

    The provincial culture and tourism directorate said that the
    restoration project for the church was sent to the Ministry of Culture.

    The church had been closed for years as it located within the compound
    of an army base.

    It reopened for religious services in 2013, when the base was
    relocated.

    "We are planning to restore the church and open it to tourists by the
    end of this year," said Muzaffer Aktug, Culture and Tourism Director
    of the Van province.

    "Aside from the restoration of St. Bartholomew's, we also have many
    other projects that include environmental planning and restoration
    projects for several Urartu-era castles," he said.

    St. Bartholomew's Church was built on the site of the martyrdom of
    the Apostle Bartholomew, who is reputed to have brought Christianity
    to Armenia in the first century.

    The area around Van is noted for its numerous Armenian churches and
    Iron Age Urartu ruins.


    From: Baghdasarian
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