Tag: Surp Giragos
‘Last Armenians’ of Diyarbakır tie the knot after 60 years of waiting
D İYARBAKIR - 29/4/14 Diyarbakır’s recently restored Surp Giragos Armenian Church has been the witness of a very special wedding, the “yes, I do” of ... Read More
Diyarbakır church to display Armenian legacy
DİYARBAKIR - Anadolu Agency – September 2013 One of Diyarbakır’s most famous churches, the Armenian church of Surp Giragos, is set to become a city ... Read More
Turkey’s Kurds Seek Forgiveness
Orobik Eminian, 98, who was the only member of her family to escape the World War I killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, joins others ... Read More
Seventeen properties returned to Armenian foundation in Diyarbakır
23/7/13 During a restoration project for the historic Surp Giragos Armenian Church in 2009, the Diyarbakır Surp Giragos Armenian Church Foundation discovered a document listing ... Read More
New bell to be installed in St. Giragos Armenian Church of Diyarbakir
19/10/2012 A century after its establishment, the historical Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir reopened for worship last year. Now, the church is set to ... Read More
Bell-tower of Armenian church in Turkey back after 97 years
27/8/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - The bell-tower of Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır, Turkey, is set to return to use after a 97-year interval, with a ... Read More
Bells at Diyarbakır Armenian church to toll after 97 years
DIYARBAKIR - DHA 24/8/2012 The bell-tower of Diyarbakır’s Surp Giragos Church Armenian Church, a very important church for the Armenian community in the Middle East, ... Read More
Bedrosyan: A Series of Firsts in Armenian-Turkish Relations
By: Raffi Bedrosyan 7/11/2011 During the third week of October several firsts were accomplished in Turkey, with respect to the future of Turkish-Armenian relations, the ... Read More
Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır prepares for Liturgy
YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN, İSTANBUL 12/10/2011 Once one of the largest churches in the Middle East, Surp Giragos Church in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır will ... Read More
Evolving Armenian Realities and the Surp Giragos Dikranagerd Church
By: Raffi Bedrosyan 1/7/2011 I would like to share my thoughts about Armenian realities—evolving ones, forgotten ones, and new ones. Until 20 years ago, the ... Read More
Church in Turkey’s Southeast preparing for Religious Ceremony
8/2/2011 VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News After the church on Akdamar Island in Van, the Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır is now ... Read More