A police officer instead of priest in Surb Khach Monastery

11/7/2012 YEREVAN, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS: Surb Khach Monastery , meaning Monastery of the Holy Cross is a medieval Armenian monastery located on the Crimean peninsula near Staryi Krym and founded in 1358. It has been an Armenian spiritual center and a place of pilgrimage for centuries.It’s also the name of the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross, in Lake Van .Surb Khach Monastery is one of the unique architectural masterpieces, which due to its position was able to resist Turk barbarism. Armenpress reporter at the course of her Western Armenia tour, attended Surb Khach church, built during the rain of King Gagik Artstruni.