Armenian Church in Tbilisi in specialists’ highlight

A delegation of Armenia’s Ministry of Culture, headed by Deputy Minister Arev Samuelian, will travel to Georgia on August 5 to discuss with Georgian specialists issues of restoration and designing of Armenian Church of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots in Tbilisi, country’s capital.

Armenian Ministry of Culture has recently informed the National Agency for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Georgia that preparation works are being conducting in territory of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots Church in order to learn the situation to design church’s restoration project.

Acting chief of the Agency Zurab Miminoshvili assured that the works are led by experienced architect-restorer Shalva Melikidze. At the current moment, some works ended and works on learning of the engineering and geological conditions of the church’s foundation are underway.

A spokeswoman to Armenian Ministry of Culture, Gayane Durgarian, told Aysor that the group of Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia for conducting the further works.

“The Armenian specialists will stay in Georgia as long as it is necessary; they will discuss all the issues related to the project, at the place,” she stressed.

When asked whether it is possible to restore St. Gevorg Mugnetsots Church ignoring the Armenian architectural traditions, following the statement made by Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov, who said that “all churches in controversy, which are located in the country, are Georgian, not Armenian,” Mrs Durgarian said: “Don’t nip on ahead, let the experts answer.”