A few days before the liturgy at the Surb Khach Church it became known that the “Van Times” is being published in the Armenian language as well.

The correspondent of Armenian News -NEWS.am reports from Van; in the first issue of the Van Times, the reflections about Surb Khach Church on Akhtamar Island by a famous Turkish writer, Kemal Yaashara were published.

Editors at Istanbul's weekly "Agos" helped to accomplish the plan of publishing the Van Times in the Armenian language as well. Presently the newspaper is published in Turkish, Kurdish, Persian and English languages.

NEWS.am previously reported that Van Times organized the action "Opening the doors of our homes to Armenians", to which the people of Van responded positively.

Van Times intends to publish the phrase "Welcome" on the front page of the Armenian version of the newspaper, on the day of the liturgy.