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Surp Giragos Armenian Church, Dikranagerd

Church Reconstruction Committee Presents BENEFIT BANQUET.Armenian and Dikranagerd-style entertainment and food .Magaros Artinian Hall – Holy Trinity Armenian Church 920 Progress Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Saturday, MAY 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm.

Under the Auspices of the Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Toronto

SURP GIRAGOS ARMENIAN CHURCH, DIKRANAGERD
Church Reconstruction Committee Presents BENEFIT BANQUET

UDI YERVANT from Dikranagerd via Los Angeles

Soprano LYNN ANOUSH ISNAR
Pianist RAFFI BEDROSYAN

Armenian and Dikranagerd-style entertainment and food

Magaros Artinian Hall – Holy Trinity Armenian Church 920 Progress Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Saturday, MAY 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $75 Limited Space
For tickets and reservation please call:
Murat Nisan – 416 768 5068 Tili Isnar – 416 512 7593
Nadia Purutoglu – 905 201 7857 Lidya Ozsungur – 905 883 0421
Simpat Dermen – 416 365 0150 Irma Evran – 416 315 4994
Jerry Aznavourian – 416 721 7763 Atam Deveci – 905 882 9481

SURP GIRAGOS ARMENIAN CHURCH DIKRANAGERD

RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
The Surp Giragos Church in Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd, Turkey, is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East and one of the most important works of Armenian architecture. Since 1915, it has been subjected to both wilful destruction and neglect, as a result of which it was in ruins and in danger of complete collapse – until 2009, when a reconstruction project was launched by the Surp Giragos Foundation Board in Istanbul, under the auspices of the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate. The Board was successful in legalizing deed and title for the Surp Giragos Church property, then obtaining authorization and all required permits for the reconstruction, followed by worldwide fundraising activities. The Surp Giragos Church, originally dating from 1515, with seven altars and a huge footprint of 15,000 square feet, had a 100 feet high bell tower, with a bell molded by the famed Zildjians and a large golden cross at the top. The bell tower was bombarded and destroyed by German/Ottoman cannon fire in 1915, as it was deemed unacceptable to have a church tower higher than the mosque minarets. Unlike the other Armenian architectural masterpiece, the Holy Cross Armenian Church at Akhtamar Island near Van, Turkey, which was renovated by the Turkish government but converted to a state museum, The Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, is officially recognized as an Armenian Church under the control of the Armenian Patriarchate. When reconstruction is completed, it will be not only an outstanding Armenian architectural masterpiece, but also a historic evidence to past Armenian presence in the region, as well as a future pilgrimage destination for all Armenians.
The total reconstruction budget is 2.5 million dollars. The project is well underway, the first phase of the project already completed, on time and within budget. The worldwide fundraising efforts have successfully raised the funds needed for the first phase from the Armenian communities within Turkey, Middle East and Europe, with the focus now shifting to North American Armenian communities in New York and Toronto. After the church reconstruction is completed, the legal claims phase will be launched to pursue the transfer of deeds for all the properties originally owned by the Church prior to 1915. The Foundation Board has already successfully reclaimed a few of these properties, which will secure a steady income toward the maintenance of the church buildings, but there are almost 200 other properties which will go through the legal channels for reclaim.

THIS IS A PROJECT OF INTEREST NOT ONLY FOR DIKRANAGERDTSI ARMENIANS, BUT FOR ALL ARMENIANS EVERYWHERE, WITH HISTORIC AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS. IT IS THE FIRST ARMENIAN CHURCH BEING RECONSTRUCTED AS AN ARMENIAN CHURCH IN TURKEY AFTER ITS DESTRUCTION IN 1915. IT IS THE FIRST ARMENIAN CHURCH TO RECLAIM ITS LAND AND PROPERTIES, AFTER LOSING THEM IN 1915.

ALL CANADIAN ARMENIANS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE BENEFIT BANQUET ON MAY 21, 2011. EVEN IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, YOU ARE URGED TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FINANCIALLY, THROUGH TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS TO THE TORONTO HOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH (SURP GIRAGOS ACCOUNT), WHICH WILL ARRANGE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS TO THE ISTANBUL ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE TOWARD THE RECONSTRUCTION BUDGET.

For more information regarding this project, please contact Raffi Bedrosyan at jbedrosyan@rogers.com

or at 416 587 5083.

Surp Giragos Church Reconstruction Committee

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