RESTORED ARMENIAN CHURCH TO OPEN IN KAYSERI

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
02.11.2009 17:09 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian church of
Kayseri will open on November 8 after restoration. Repaired due to
the donations of Istanbul’s Armenian community, it will be consecrated
in accordance with the canons of Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC).

Monastery will be consecrated by Archbishop Aram Arteshyan representing
AAC Patriarchate in Constantinople. Opening ceremony will be attended
by Kayseri provincial governor and Mayor. Turkish President who
descends from Kayseri has also been invited to participate in the
opening. "Church consecration will be followed by the first liturgy,"
Hurriyet reports.

St. Gregory the Illuminator Church dates from 1191. Its restoration
lasted 3 years.