Georgia claims the Armenian monuments in Western Armenia
05.09.2009 18:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Group of ‘Georgian pilgrims artists’ visited the
historical Armenian province Taik (Artvin province of current Turkey),
now located in the territory of Turkey. The trip, which took place in
the framework of the Georgian festival `The word revived in music’, is
carried out in several stages initeated by the Writers’ Union of
Georgia and supported by the Tbilisi City Hall.
According to the Georgian newspaper Akhali Taoba, about 80 artists
arrived in Turkey `to familiarize with the historical roots and
development of interactions with Tao-Klarjeti (as Georgians call this
historical Armenian province’. They familiarized with the historical
Armenian monuments, including Oshkvank and the church in the village
Ishkhan. Georgians have declared these historical Armenian monuments
‘jewels of Georgian church architecture’ for a long time and want to
appropriate at any cost. According to the Georgian newspaper, the
program of the festival set to send a few more groups of `Georgian
pilgrims to worship at historic shrines’.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
