Since 2009, excavations were carried out excavations at Myra ended Andriake

Since 2009, excavations were carried out excavations at Myra ended Andriake

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And in the district of Demre Myra Andriake excavations lasted about 6 months, 110 people took part in this year. 

Excavation and restoration work, as well as the ancient city of Myra Andriake, Myra theater and chapel, Andriake granarium in front of the workshops, honorary monuments, B, excavations carried out in the hammam and the eastern church.

Myra Andriake Excavations Committee Chair. 

Dr. Agile MN, Eastern hammam four months as a result of excavations in the wall heating systems and other architectural details at the top of the temporary roof to protect the conservation seem muffled done, he said.

Monuments in honor of the restoration work will be completed within two months of expressing Agile, B, columns and topics that arise in the courtyard of the church tümlenerek to remove parts of the feet, he said.

In the theater with a great team lasted for six months as a result of continuous recording Agile excavated at a depth of seven meters of the stage building, the stage throughout the season about 4 thousand architectural building blocks and structural elements with the help of crane ropes, wherein said locations are located on the storage area. cumhuriyet

A local mayor has launched initiatives to open the Sumela Monastery

A local mayor has launched initiatives to open the Sumela Monastery

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Ertugrul Genc, the mayor of Trabzon's Macka town, said he was working to enable Christians celebrate their religious feasts at the Sumela Monastery.

"Our aim is to open Sumela Monastery to celebration of religious feasts of Christians and Orthodox people. This can be Christmas or Easter," Genc told AA correspondent.

Genc said the municipality had launched efforts to open the monastery to a religious mass in the Easter, and had met executives of the Turkish Culture & Tourism Ministry and Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I.

On August 15, 2009, the Sumela Monastery was opened to one-day religious mass.

Standing at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altindere valley in Trabzon's Macka town, Sumela Monastery lies at an altitude of approximately 1,200 metres. Founded in the year 386 AD during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I (375-395), legend has it that two priests undertook the founding of the monastery on the site after having discovered a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain.

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, a library, and a sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. The entrance to the Monastery leads up a long and narrow stairway.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

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Akdamar Red andesite stone church built in the church

Akdamar Red andesite stone church built in the church

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Akdamar Island, Holy Cross church in Jerusalem and then to Iran have been evaded, 7 Van century in order to accommodate a part of the rumor of the True Cross King It was built by architect Manuel between the orders of King Gagik 915-921.

The church was established in the south east of the island, the medieval Armenian art in terms of architecture, is considered the most brilliant works of art. The exterior of the church which was built of red stone, andesite, low-relief in the form of processed rich plant and animal motifs and is decorated with scenes from the Bible received. The church property also has a unique position in the history of Armenian architecture.

1296-1336 chapel of the church on the northeast, west jamadun (communal house) on 1793, south of the bell tower 18 were added at the end of a century. In the north of the chapel's history is unknown.

Along with many other Armenian monuments in the east in 1951, the government orders the destruction of the Church of Aktamar agreed on June 25, 1951, demolition work started, and by chance know what happened at that time, a young journalist, who stopped by the intervention of Yasar Kemal.

For decades the church as a neglected period of 2005-2007, under the leadership of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Armenians of Turkey and neighboring Armenia as a step towards the development of relations with, the expenditure of $ 1.5 million has been restored. Some restoration work in international cultural circles, "political purpose" is defined as. Church on 29 March 2007 Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay and re-opened as a museum, the participation of Deputy Minister of Culture of Armenia. After restoration work, church, Turkey on September 19, 2010 Spiritual Assembly of the Armenian Patriarchate, the Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan Attorney General held a church service on the management of, here in the first month after a lapse of 95 years. 

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