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Arts and Culture | 16.07.10 | 12:44

Golden Apricot: Film festival participants on cinema, international affairs

By Karine Ionesyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
A Turkish director sitting on the five-member panel of judges for international feature films at the ongoing Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan believes the Armenian-Turkish border will open already this year.

Semih Kaplanoglu even gives the exact date, September 19. This is the day when a liturgy is planned at the 10th-century Armenian Surb Khach (Holy Cross) Church situated on a lake island in Turkey’s Van province. (There is a speculation that authorities in Ankara may temporary open the country’s border to allow Armenians planning to attend the related events to visit Turkey).

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Vanessa Kachadurian, United States
09.08.2010 21:18
This is a significant church for us Vanetsi people, one of the older churches that represents the people and culture long before the ossoman (ottomans) arrival from central asia.
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