MEMBERS OF ARMENIAN DELEGATION PRAY AND LIGHT CANDLES IN MOTHER CATHEDRAL OF ANI RUINS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 02 2007
ISTANBUL, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian
delegation, which visited Van on the occasion of opening Aghtamar
church, went to Kars and visited Ani ruins before returning to
Armenia. The delegation headed by the Armenian deputy minister
of culture, aslo paid a visit to Mother Cathedral (among many
other churches) where the delegation members lit candles and
prayed. According to the Turkish newspaper "Miliet", some women
took soil and stones from the Ani ruins as memorial things to bring
to Yerevan.