DEFACTO INFORMATION-ANALYSIS AGENCY URGES TO STOP VANDALISM

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Sept 27 2006

According to the DE FACTO Information-Analytics Agency’s data, the
Armenian churches of the late medieval period are being destroyed in
the Khanlar and Dashkesan regions of Azerbaijan.

In the villages of Dastafur and Mirzik of the Khanlar region the
churches of the 16th and 18th century correspondingly have already
been destroyed. In the village of Chiragidzor of the Dashkesan region
the Blessed Virgin’s Church built as early as in the 18th century was
destroyed a few days ago. According to the reliable information, St.

Hakop’s (Jacob’s) basilica built in the 17th century in the village of
Voskanapat (Zournabad) of the Khanlar region is about to be destroyed.

DE FACTO Information-Analytic Agency urges the competent organizations
and clergymen of all confessions to stop Azerbaijan’s war against
the Christian temples on its territory.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress