Surb Khach (Holy Cross) Medieval Armenian Church on Akhtamar island, Van, Turkey
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Turkey -- Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II walks in front of the 1 000-year-old Armenian Akhtamar Church at Akdamar Island on Van Lake, 29Mar2007
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An Armenian man prays after the opening ceremony of the 1,000-year-old Armenian Akhtamar Church, one of the finest surviving monuments of ancient Armenian culture in eastern Turkey, on Thursday, 29 March 2007. The ceremony was held to mark the restoration of the Armenian Church.
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A Turkish couple walks past a billboard with an image of Armenian 1 000-year-old Akhtamar Church one of the finest surviving monuments of ancient Armenian culture with text 'Respect to history respect to culture' in Van eastern Turkey Wednesday 28 March 2007. Turkey has completed a $1.5 million restoration of the sandstone building and has invited Armenian officials to a ceremony there on 29 March
