Malatya (Agenzia Fides) The Armenian Apostolic Church of Surp Yerrortutyun (Holy Trinity), in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya, has reopened its doors to divine worship after an interruption of 106 years. The divine liturgy, celebrated in the church on Sunday, August 29, was presided over by Sahak Maşalyan, current Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, and was attended by a large number of Armenian Christians residing in the region. The day before, Saturday, August 28, the building had been reopened as a “Cultural Center of Art and Tashhoran Culture”. The architectural work, whose construction had been completed in 1893, was in a state of decay after decades of total abandonment. The last liturgical celebration took place there in 1915, when the place of worship was under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, and before Anatolia became the scene of the deportations and massacres known as the “Armenian Genocide”.
ASIA/TURKEY – The Armenian church of Malatya reopens for worship after 106 years – Agenzia Fides
ASIA/TURKEY – The Armenian church of Malatya reopens for worship after 106 years – Agenzia Fides
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