Culture Ministry considers renovation of Tbilisi church

A working group from the Ministry of Culture has left for Georgia to estimate the post-collapse damages to Tbilisi’s St. Nshan church, a Ministry official has told Tert.am.

“Our working group is now in Tbilisi to discuss the situation together with Georgian specialists,” said Artur Poghosyan, a deputy ministry of culture.
 

According to him, the church’s renovation plan will be later discussed and revised with the experts of the Historical and Cultural Monuments Protection Agency.
 

“We will hold discussions at the Agency after the specialists’ return to bring the project in compliance with the today’s demands, and submit it to the Georgians,” he said.
 

The church’s bell tower collapsed in the wake of that Sunday flood that damaged several buildings in Georgia's capital.
 

Poghosyan said the renewed plan will require more expenses, adding in the meantime that the Georgian side has agreed to increase the funding.
 

Citing a statement by Georgian Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection, Newsgeorgia.ru reported that restorers have already begun the renovation of the 18^th century Armenian church.