SYRIAC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO HAVE CHURCH IN ISTANBUL
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 6, 2011 – 12:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkey’s Syriac Christian community has secured
approval from both the Prime Minister and the President for the
construction of its first church in the YeÅ~_ilköy neighborhood on
the European side of Istanbul, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The church site will be allocated to the ancient community by the
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, while construction expenses will
be paid for by the Syriacs. An official from Istanbul Metropolitan
Municipality, who wanted to remain anonymous, told HDN that they are
searching for a suitable location for the new church.
The church architecture is planned to bear traces of the Syriac’s
thousands-of-years-old culture, while the construction is set to
begin as soon as suitable lands are allotted.