A field of khachkars (stone crosses) supposedly listed as a site protected by the Armenian government is today being threatened by commercial construction.

The warning about the imminent damage to the site, situated just north of the Yerevan municipal border in the village of Arinj, was raised by Professor Hamlet Petrosyan who heads the Chair of Culturology at Yerevan State University’s Faculty of History.

In a Facebook post, Petrosyan writes, “No, this is not in Azerbaijan or in Turkey. This is a khachkar field in Arinj which, in scope and number, is the second largest such site in Armenia.”

The site is included in a list of monuments not subject to sale, prompting Petrosyan to ask, “Where are our officials? Where is the community? What is the difference between us and our enemies who have destroyed our inheritance?”