On September 11-12, representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan — 150 people from 58 countries and 9 international organizations — visited the republic of Artsakh (aka Nagorno-Karabakh republic, taken over by Azerbaijan in 2024).
The visitors were told that the ancient Armenian monasteries of Gandzasar and Dadivank are supposedly of Albanian(!) origin.
Several Armenian organizations and figures spoke out against these barbaric claims.
Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I issued a statement:
"The so-called 'friends' of Armenia danced in Shushi and watched with 'admiration' as Armenian churches and cultural-historical monuments were passed off as Albanian structures. What a terrible distortion of history unfolding before our eyes."
Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ruben Rubinyan made a statement:
"Azerbaijan's attempt to pass off the Armenian cultural heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh as Albanian does not contribute to peace."
⚡️From its very founding, Gandzasar Monastery served as the burial vault of a great princely Armenian dynasty.
⚡️Dadivank is one of the oldest Armenian monasteries. According to tradition, it was founded as early as the 1st century on the site of the martyrdom of Dadi, a disciple of one of Apostle Thaddeus, who reached Greater Armenia with his preaching.
The cathedral church of Dadivank — Holy Katoghike — was built in 1214 by the Armenian princess Arzukhatun in memory of her late husband, Grand Prince Vakhtang, and their two sons.
⚡️To claim these holy sites are of Albanian origin is a sacrilege against one's own people's history!
To try to convince diplomats from around the world who came to learn the truth about these places is to mock them.
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