Father Vahram Melikyan, who heads the information service at the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, today told Hetq that he has no clue as to Catholicos Garegin II’s position on the resurfacing on the walls of the Gandzasar Monastery in Artsakh.
Work to resurface the walls of the 13th century Armenian monastery of Gandzasar in Artsakh has begun anew, again raising the unanswered question as to who is in charge of supervising the country’s historical inheritance.
The stone facing of the walls of the 13th century monastery in the village of Vank started up again in earnest two weeks ago. The work is being financed by Russian-Armenian businessman Levon Hayrapetyan.
According the two top officials at the Armenian Association of Restorative Architects of Historical Monuments, the polished facing tiles recently affixed to the walls of the Gandzasar Monastery in Artsakh will be removed.
It appears that once Artsakh Primate Archbishop Barkev Martirosyan had been informed of what was happening, he immediately returned to Gandzasar from Yerevan.
The accompanying photo showing polished facing tiles being affixed to the outer walls of the 13th century Gandzasar Monastery in Artsakh has created a growing public furor.