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Akhtamar island, Surp Khach Church – Lake Van 1911
Akhtamar island, Surp Khach Church – Lake Van 1911. Vahé Achikian Priv Collection.
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Akhtamar Surp Khatch Vank petroglyph – 1884
Akhtamar Surp Khatch Vank petroglyph – 1884. Van, Akhtamar island’s Surp Khatch Monastery’s church interior relic. It commemorates the dedication of Veharan and Armenian school construction on Monastery premises. In the name of Armenian Catholicos Der Khatchadour Rechdouni on June 1, 1884 during the reign of Ottoman Turk sultan Abdul Hamid II. Vahé Achikian –…