HIS HOLINESS ARAM I VISITS THE TURKISH OCCUPIED PARTS OF CYPRUS
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In the context of his official visit to Cyprus, His Holiness Aram I visited the Turkish-occupied territories of Cyprus, to visit the old Armenian Prelacy, the Saint Asdvadzadzine church and the Monastery of St. Magar in the region. The Pontiff was accompanied by the Pontifical Vicar to Cyprus, Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian, Hagop Ateshian from the Central National Council, Sebouh Tavitian, Chairman of the Diocesan Council and Dr. Antranig Achdjian, chairman of the National Council.
In the Turkish part of Nicosia His Holiness first visited the building of the Prelacy and the Saint Asdvadzadine church, then the Melikian-Ouzounian School, where a monument dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims has been destroyed. The once Armenian club has now been turned into a Turkish cultural club.
His Holiness and his companions then moved forward to the Monastery of St. Magar, which was in a state of almost total destruction. His Holiness toured all the sections of the historic Monastery. A monument erected on the occasion of the late Catholicos Sahag II Khabayian’s visit to the region in 1938 still survives.
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