Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a limited number of people will take part in the annual Divine Liturgy at the Holy Cross Armenian Church on Akhtamar Island in Van Province of Turkey this year, too.

Akhtamar Church, which was opened as a monument museum in 2007 after being restored for two years with a 4-billion-lira (around $3 billion in 2005) budget allocated for the project.

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople has issued a statement informing that this year’s Divine Liturgy at the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross, on the island of Akhtamar in Turkey’s Lake Van, ...

A few important Armenian churches have been restored — including the 10th-century Holy Cross Cathedral on the island of Akhtamar and the 13th-century St. Giragos Armenian Apostolic Church in ...

Akdamar Church (the Church of the Holy Cross) is located on Akdamar Island in Lake Van within borders of Gevaş District of Province of Van. Situated in the region of Eastern Anatolia, Lake Van is the ...

It is home to a tenth century Armenian Cathedral church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). As reports Armenpress, after the blossoming of apricot and almond trees in April ...

I was shocked and angered to read Joseph Serna's story "Berardino: City is not to be trusted" on Dec. 15 in which union boss and recent Orange County Fair Board appointee Nick Berardino moved to ...

Thousands of ethnic Armenians attended a Mass held in a medieval Armenian cathedral in southeastern Turkey for the second time since its renovation in 2007.

Thousands of ethnic Armenians reportedly attended on Sunday a mass held in a medieval Armenian cathedral in southeastern Turkey for the second time since its government-funded renovation in 2007. News ...