I-Newswire.com (press release)
July 28 2005

New CD: The First Christian Civilization’s Cultural Genocide

Simon Maghakyan, a student from Colorado, has recently issued a CD
called `The First Christian Civilization’s Cultural Genocide.’ The CD
contains more than 400 photographs testifying to the destruction of
the Armenian cultural monuments in the Republic of Turkey.

(I-Newswire) – Simon Maghakyan, a student from Colorado, has recently
issued a CD called `The First Christian Civilization’s Cultural
Genocide.’ The CD contains more than 400 photographs testifying to
the destruction of the Armenian cultural monuments in the Republic of
Turkey.

The CD is a collection of old and new photographs taken in historic
Armenia, which is now part of Turkey. During the Armenian Genocide (
1915-1923 ), Armenian churches and cathedrals were set on fire,
converted to mosques, destroyed and desecrated. The Turkish
government still continues the policy of the cultural genocide.
Between 1915 and now, more than 2000 Armenian churches have been
destroyed in Turkey. Some of them, as old as 1700 years, have been
entirely wiped off ( such as the 7th century church of St. James in
Bagrevand ), others have been converted to mosques ( St. Apostles’ of
Kars, etc. ) and several churches have been converted to public
buildings ( sport centers, cultural centers, etc. ) The legendary
monastery of Mush known as St. Apostles ( founded in the 4th century
) has been ruined and desecrated. Armenia was the first country to
adopt Christianity as the state religion in 301 A.D.

The CD has been designated for educational purposes only and is not
on sale. Copies of the CD have been donated to educational
institutions throughout the world. The Armenian National Institute in
Washington D.C., Zoryan Institute of America and the Armenian Library
and Museum of America have copies of this work.

`The First Christian Civilization’s Cultural Genocide’ also contains
information about other forms of cultural genocide, including
distortion of geographical names and national songs.

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