Tag: Akhtamar Island
Flowers adorn Armenian Church on Akhtamar Island
13/4/13 The Hurriyet Daily News has published the photos of the Armenian Surb Khach Church adorned by spring flowers. As spring comes, flowers create a sea of ... Read More
Armenians pray in Holy Cross Church amid tight security measures
PanARMENIAN.Net - Local and Diaspora Armenians flocked to the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross on Akhtamar Island in Turkey’s eastern province of Van on ... Read More
Liturgy in Surb Khach church on Akhtamar Island scheduled for September
2/8/2012 This year’s liturgy in Armenian Surb Khach church on Akhtamar Island will take place on September 9. Vice Governor of Van province held a ... Read More
Consecration of St. Kirakos church to be held this October in Turkey
2/9/2011 The consecration ceremony of St. Kirakos church in Turkey’s Diyarbakir will take place on October 23, Armenian sources in Istanbul told Armenian News - ... Read More
Turkish Minister says Akhtamar Church to have no Bells
22/10/2010 Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay visited the Armenian church of St. Cross in Akhtamar Island, Van, Eastern Turkey, following a tourism conference ... Read More
Canadian Diocese of AAC: it is impossible to imagine Armenian church without cross, like mosque without Crescent
16/9/2010 PanARMENIAN.Net - The Canadian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) said that it is impossible to imagine an Armenian church without cross, like ... Read More
Constantinople Patriarchate declines Turkish businessmen’s Offer
14/9/2010 The Constantinople Patriarchate of the Armenian Apostolic Church declined Turkish businessmen’s offer to install s wooden cross on the dome of Surb Khach church ... Read More
Karekin II not to attend service at Surb Khach
27/7/2010 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II will not visit Turkey to attend the service at Surb Khach church in Akhtamar Island, the head of ... Read More