ArmInfo. A number of Javakhk socio-political organizations express dissatisfaction with the decision on the case of the Surb Hambartsum church in the village of Gumburdo (Kumurdo), adopted by the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Georgian Orthodox Church.
According to the message, which received ArmInfo, representatives of Organizations believe that the Javakhk Vicariate follows the status of a diocese. In this regard, the Union of Intellectuals, the Javakhk People's Movement, the Javakhk public organization and the Virk party jointly wrote a letter to the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Supreme Spiritual Council, the Catholicos of the Grand House of Cilicia Aram I, the Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church Grigor Petros I, The Armenian Evangelical Church, the Armenian Evangelical Unions of North America, France and the Middle East, in which they expressed their conviction that the decision on the church in the village of Gumburdo was hasty.
"First of all, not the belonging of the above-mentioned church should have been decided, but it was taken with the participation of several persons, moreover, in a hurry." In general, the indignation of the villagers occurred when, during the so-called restoration work, the graves of the apostolic period are destroyed.Whether the graves, which are at least 700 years old, are not monuments, part of history, or are the ancient khachkars who are the same age as why they were removed? On what grounds in the joint statement is the bishop asserted is that the temple was never apostolic, in the case where there resting ministers Apostolic Church - Ter-Matevosyan, blood relatives of the world famous singer Charles Aznavour, Levon Ter-Aznavuryan and others, "said in the letter.
At the same time, representatives of the Javakhk organizations are perplexed by what Armenian roots could have prevented UNESCO from taking it under its protection. "Who is responsible now for this vandalism?" The villagers collected 500 signatures and appealed both to the clergy of Armenia and Georgia, as well as to the political authorities, so that the bones dug from the destroyed graves were collected and buried in the courtyard of the temple with a khachkar a natural desire that contradicts the interests of the GOC, it became clear to all of us that they are pursuing far-reaching goals than simply restoring the temple as a historical monument, and in general, the actions of the Georgian authorities and the Georgian Orthodox Church are not Christian, or Aryan, "the letter reads.
In the statement, the organizations also deal with the problem of the absence of clergymen. They note that for many years Javakhk Armenians have not been provided the conditions for training young people as spiritual ministers. "In the Apostolic churches, there are no clergymen ready to act.For these 20-odd difficult years, despite our numerous requests, the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia has not created the conditions for the preparation of clergymen among the Javakh youth. Catholicos of All Armenians, but now the proclamation of a separate diocese of Javakhk is a necessity.As for the number of churches and the population (about 200 thousand people), Javakhk corresponds to all In addition, the presence of high-ranking clergymen in the region will become a real deterrent to the aggressive ambitions of the Georgian Orthodox Church. If we are supported in this matter by the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I, we would be very grateful to him. We ask you to consider a fundamental renewal of the diocese AAC in Georgia: The security of the Armenian population of Javakhk becomes a priority issue and we ask for your support, " noted in the circulation.