FIRE IN GEORGIA’S ARMENIAN CHURCH NO ACCIDENT – ARCHAEOLOGIST
Tert.am
12.01.12
The recent fire in the Tbilisi based Armenian church of St Nshan was
no accident, says Samvel Karapetyan, an Armenian scientist dealing
with monument studies.
Speaking to Tert.am, the expert expressed astonishment that such
mishaps occur only to Armenian churches.
“It is the third time this church has come under fire. They do not
tolerate churches having a great historical value,” he said, adding
that such trend has been observed since 1989.
Karapetyan noted that the Georgians have turned many Armenian churches
into Georgian places of worship.
“They say those churches used to be Georgian and the Armenian
usurers seized them after becoming wealthy, and they are now allegedly
reinstating justice,” he said, criticizing the authorities indifference
towards national values.