Comments on: Cross Will Be Placed on Holy Cross Church on Akhtamar Island in Van http://hyemedia.com/2010/01/22/cross-will-be-placed-on-holy-cross-church-on-akhtamar-island-in-van/ ARMENIAN NEWS AGGREGATOR Fri, 09 Sep 2011 06:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vartan http://hyemedia.com/2010/01/22/cross-will-be-placed-on-holy-cross-church-on-akhtamar-island-in-van/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Vartan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:23:22 +0000 http://hyemedia.com/?p=7360#comment-461 These Turkish gestures are hollow and void of any sincerity. During the so-called “renovation” of the Holy Cross Armenian Church of Aghtamar, the Turkish Cultural Ministry removed Cross-stones that were engraved on each side of the altar. All Crosses and Armenian identity were removed form inside and outside the Church. Genocide should not only physically destroy a community, it should likewise dictate the prerogative of interpretation in regard to history, culture, territory and memory. As the victims – Armenians – never existed. Who remembers the destruction of thousands of cross-stones in Nakhichevan only three years ago? These Turkish gestures are hollow and void of any sincerity. During the so-called “renovation” of the Holy Cross Armenian Church of Aghtamar, the Turkish Cultural Ministry removed Cross-stones that were engraved on each side of the altar. All Crosses and Armenian identity were removed form inside and outside the Church.

Genocide should not only physically destroy a community, it should likewise dictate the prerogative of interpretation in regard to history, culture, territory and memory. As the victims – Armenians – never existed.

Who remembers the destruction of thousands of cross-stones in Nakhichevan only three years ago?

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