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Muslim Turks convert to Armenian Orthodoxy upon discovering Armenian roots

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The Surp Giragos Church was blessed on Oct. 22 in accordance with the traditions of the Apostolic Armenian Church. DHA photo A group of Armenians, raised as Sunni Muslims, will be baptized today as Armenian Orthodox christians at the historic St. Giragos (Surp Giragos) Armenian Church in Turkey’s southeastern province of DiyarbakΔ±r. The church,...

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