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15 June 2011 - 08:23 AMT

Who’s to take care of inactive churches in Armenia?

Know Your Country youth initiative members visited the 10th century Gndevank Monastery complex in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor province and cleared the monastery-adjacent territory of accumulated waste.

According to the statement issued by the initiative members, Echmiadzin is refusing to assume guardianship of thousands of inactive churches in Armenia; while the Ministry of Culture, justifying its indifference by lack of means, neglects its direct responsibilities – protection of Christian historic monuments.