The Saint Sarkis Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey will be restored, reports Ermenihaber.
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) on Friday gave the start of the restoration of this 508-year-old church.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey has earmarked only 5 million liras (approx. US$152,000) for this work, whereas according to calculations, another $2 million are needed for the restoration.
The Saint Sarkis Church in Diyarbakir was used as a vocational school during the Ottoman Empire. But after the Armenian Genocide in 1915, this church was not used for religious or any other purposes and is now in a state of ruin.
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