The Armenian Church of Arakelots monastery (Holy Apostles) of Mush (Western Armenia, now Turkey) continues to deteriorate, victim Turks treasure hunters. According to the Turkish newspaper Milliyet, the last monastery church mcho Arakelots located near the town of Arak in the province of Mush is half destroyed, with box gold diggers or “treasure of the Armenians” who dug in the church basement and the walls threaten to collapse. They also dug under Armenian graves.
Arakelots had significant meaning for Armenians. He said that 23 graves were desecrated and that, even inside the church a large hole had been dug. He also filed a complaint against theft of materials of the Armenian Church, including outdoor ornamental stones.
Krikor Amirzayan