YEREVAN. – A Won’t Stay Silent youth initiative continues alerting society about the issues of preservation of Armenian Historical Heritage. The message of the initiative says:

“It is well known that Georgia makes attempts of claiming 10 Armenian churches of Chalcedonic times. Georgian officials, media and clergy recurrently refer to this issue, the making the abandoned state of the churches a trump card. They have a clear understanding that neither Armenian Church, nor Ministry of Culture take steps to preserve the monuments and prove the Georgian side that Armenians are masters of their Chalcedonic past. Instead, [Armenian] Catholicos Karekin II and secular authorities lay our history on the mercy of fate, giving our neighbors room for further debate. Kirants monastery which is an architectural masterpiece of 13th century is one of the 10 disputed sanctuaries which are totally abandoned.”

The movement calls for sobriety of the Armenian Church and the authorities of Armenia and asks benefactors to unite for the salvation of the past.