 Photo of Armenian church in Iran wins Wiki Loves Monuments contest March 19, 2021 - 11:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Farzin Izaddoust Dar with this classic photo of the Armenian Catholic St. John of Sohrol in the Islamic Republic is the winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2020, people behind the contest announced on Twitter. "In harmony between nature and culture, the church seems to float on a snowy backdrop," a description goes on to read. “This image is superbly stunning,” one jury member said of this snapshot of the Armenian church, according to Medium.com. They continued: “The crystalline, geometric and pristine and jewel-like human-made forms of this church [look like they are] floating on a (snow covered) space-time continuum/gravitational field.” The photographer captured this timeless moment one day after a snowstorm came through, and submitted it to Wiki Loves Monuments because they thought “everyone needed to see it.” A colorful aerial photo of the Vakil Bazaar in the Iranian city of Shiraz by Soroush Javadian, meanwhile, has won the 4th place in the contest. "In this original shot, Javadian captures a glimpse of bazaar life with its mixture of bright colors and olfactory/senses," the description reads. Out of more than 230,000 submissions from nearly 7,700 participants, fifteen winning images were announced in the eleventh annual Wiki Loves Monuments photography contest.   Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. The United States believes there should be an international mission to provide transparency.   Partner news |  Latest news Iran vows to “decisively” defend sovereignty, national interests  The Iranian embassy in Armenia has defended its “defensive and proportional action in in occupied Palestine.”Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan won gold at the ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janiero.Kazakh President arrives in Armenia President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Armenia on an official visit on April 15.Armenia calls for dialogue amid Middle East tensions The Armenian Foreign Ministry has called for dialogue amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. |
