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 Zafer Yoruk: an annual liturgy in Holy Cross church is better than none at all  September 4, 2010 - 15:48 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Permission to conduct a liturgy in Akhtamar's Holy Cross church in Turkey was a result of a lengthy struggle. An annual liturgy in Holy Cross church is better than none at all, said Zafer Yoruk, Lecturer of Media and Politics at Izmir University of Economics. As he noted at September 4 news conference in Yerevan, the Christian holy mass to be conducted has come as a result of a struggle against 90-year-long policy of negation. Despite the Treaty of Lausanne stipulation on respecting the right of religious freedom, Turkey is not observing it, Yoruk noted. However, he characterized the opening of Akhtamar's Holy Cross and Greek church in Trabzon as the first steps towards the Treaty implementation.
  Holy Cross Church The 300-seat Holy Cross Church, located on a small island in the middle of Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is in many ways a symbol of the country's Armenian community. The church was built between 915 and 921 during the reign of Armenian King Gagik I of Vaspurakan and was one of the most important religious buildings in the region. The church, whose sandstone walls and dome are adorned with carvings of Jesus Christ and David and Goliath, is considered one of the greatest examples of Armenian architecture of the period, and an inspiration for the Gothic style that later developed in Europe, according to the New York-based Landmarks Foundation, which has advised on the church's restoration. By the end of last century, the church was falling apart due to the heavy rains and winds that swept across the lake.  Top stories The Ministry said that almost 350 prisoners have been caught posting to Facebook via smuggled Web-enabled smartphone devices. On July 31, 1932, she was crowned Miss World despite competition from 27 countries, winning Turkey’s first title. 87 percent of Afghan women report having experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage. Tigran Sargsyan: today we live in a period of internal contradictions that result in emergence of crisis.   |  Related sections Latest news Armenian place of worship demolished in Turkey  Malatya Mayor Ahmet Çakır gave verbal permission for building the place of worship on orders by Malatya Governor Ulvi Saran.Lebanese Armenian MP thanks French envoy for genocide bill adoption Shant Janjanian a thank-you letter to the French envoy to Lebanon, Denis Pietton, for the bill that recently passed the Senate.Puerto Rico to export iguana meat The island has roughly 4 million iguanas, which is a little more than the population of the U.S. Caribbean territory itself.Apple, Samsung to have lion share of smartphone profit in 2012 Maynard Um believes Apple and Samsung will combine to account for more than half of smartphone industry revenues in 2012. |
