3,000 Armenians attend mass in renovated Church in Turkey
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Thousands of Armenians from Turkey but also from the diaspora gathered for a mass in a 10th century church in the eastern part of the country, press reports said Sunday.
It was the second mass held in the Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island on lake Van since it was renovated in 2005-2007 and turned into a museum. A first mass was held there last year.
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