ARMENIAN HERITAGE A petition to ask Turkey to indicate the origin “Armenian and Christian” church Dikran Honents Ani

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A petition on the website “Change.org” by an Armenian organization of national heritage defense raised to date over 1300 signatures. It calls for the establishment of the historical truth about the signs of directions of the Armenian Church Dikran Honents Ani, the capital of the Armenian kingdom of Bagratuni. The indication by the church board, the petitioners request the placement of the words’ Armenian Christian Church. “ “As a historical capital of Armenia containing several nationalities, remains Ani Armenian, that is established in many historical documents and sources”. The statement also says that, now located on the territory of Turkey, it falsifies facing the international community such historical data on Armenian Ani. “For us it is particularly worrying to present Dikran Honents church during its renovation as a Chalcedonian church that could give rise to confusion and undermine the long-standing relations of friendship Georgian-Armenian. “As Armenians, the petitioners call on Turkey to indicate to visitors, the Armenian origin of this church Dikran Honents which is one of the architectural jewels of Ani,” the city of a thousand and one churches ” this capital of Bagratuni which is just a few kilometers from the Armenian border.

Krikor Amirzayan

Following the above article we received René Martayan few precise lines and pictures you find at the bottom of the article.

“Dear Sir,

Your article on the petition in the Surp Krikor Ani church caught my attention. Please find on some pics (taken in 2014) the points of discord are not as clear as it seems. On the sign outside of the church speak English explanations of St. Gregory the Illuminator which the fresco inside the church is beautiful like many others. St Gregory face It shows the king of Armenia. During my visit the goalkeeper was keen to show me around the church. We were alone. Pointing to the fresco of St Gregory, while I knew what it was, he told me that the person on the right side to the king of Armenia had long been locked in Armenia while showing me the direction of Khor Virap. So I aicompris of which they spoke. Indeed at no time did we speak of Armenian church. But these elements constitute a presumption of evidence. By against the outside wall of the cathedral a long inscription in Armenian carved in stone, explains the reasons for the construction of the cathedral. Best regards

René Martayan “