Turkey’s famous Bagnayr monastery is used by the residents as a barn.
According to the Kurdish DIHA agency, their correspondent visited the village in Kars province, where the monastery of Bagnayr built by Armenian Army Commander Vahram Pahlavouni in 989, continues its almost ruined existence.
The Kurdish correspondent was surprised by the fact that the monastery isn’t under the state protection, and the villagers are using it as a barn.
The villagers used the stones of the Armenian monastery for building their houses, barns and fences.
Talking to the correspondent, the villagers tried to justify, saying that if the state can’t preserve the church, how can they do that?
