Liturgy in Akhtamar's Holy Cross church to be held a week earlier
YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS. This year the annual liturgy in Holy Cross church in Van’s Akhtamar Island will be held a week earlier. As “Armenpress” reports citing Turkish Haberler.com, the director of provincial department of Van’s Culture and Tourism Ministry Muzaffer Aktughe said that the liturgy will be held earlier due to the request of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Aktughe mentioned, that if in previous years the liturgy was held on the second Sunday of September, so this year it will held on the first Sunday. He underscored that this year they expect more people to participate in the liturgy. Aktughe also mentioned that this year the number of visitors to the island increased. If last year the number of visitors reached four thousand, then this year the number has already exceeded last year’s records.