news.am, Armenia
Nov 28 2009

Surb Khach Monastery to become museum specimen

17:09 / 11/28/2009Armenian Surb Khach Monastery will become a section
of Crimean Ethnographic Museum since December 1, 2009. Such statement
was made by Anatoliy Hrytsenko, the Speaker of Crimean Verkhovna Rada,
Analitika.at.ua e-source informs.

NEWS.am intends to get official comments on the matter from Catholicos
of All Armenians Karekin II.

Armenian Surb Khach Monastery (Holy Cross) is a national monument,
which was a center of pilgrimage and spiritual attraction for ages. A
number of Armenian cultural workers lived and worked here at different
times.

Serzh Sargsyan was on a visit to Ukraine in 2008 to participate in
celebration of Surb Khach Monastery 650th anniversary. In the frames
of his visit he also met with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor
Yushchenko.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress