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  • worldnomad_01
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    A nice, interesting church

    Church of St. Giragos is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East, was built in the early 1500s (according to Wikipedia) and it was subsequently restored several times. The yard is big, the chur...

    Reviewed on Oct 29, 2022
  • RichardK938
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    Christian Church in Kurdistan

    I thought this Armenian church was gorgeous. It sits in the middle of a Kurdish town in Turkey and yet the government is spending a bunch of money to refurbish it. It's currently closed for the ren...

    Reviewed on Jun 25, 2021
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    Closed for restoration until 2021

    I last saw this as a ruin before the last restoration. After the latest destruction in 2015-17 the church is again being rebuilt as are other historic buildings in the Sur area. This will likely be ...

    Reviewed on Oct 12, 2019
  • petrinaenistor
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    at this time the biggest existing Armenian church in Turkey

    it is really worth looking for and visiting this church, an emblem for a recent pst history of the Armenian community in Anatolia; a very nice place to walk, with a small garden and terrace to have a ...

    Reviewed on Dec 25, 2017
  • Rod F
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    Not the easiest church to find, but worthwhile

    Unfortunately this was closed when we visited in May - it was too early in the morning. However, it looks very interesting, and it has recently been restored.

    Reviewed on May 23, 2017
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