苏尔普吉拉戈斯亚美尼亚教会基金会副主席欢迎改善双边关系的努力，希望陆地边境将很快重新开放贝里尔·恰纳克奇 迪亚巴克尔，土耳其土耳其东南部迪亚巴克尔省亚美尼亚教会基金会的一位高级官员表示支持安卡拉和埃里温之间的正在进行的正常化进程，称双方日益增长的接触将加深友谊。
Vice president of Surp Giragos Armenian Church Foundation welcomes efforts to improve bilateral ties, expresses hope that land border will soon reopen Beril Canakci DIYARBAKIR, Türkiye A senior official of the Armenian church foundation in southeastern Türkiye’s Diyarbakir province has voiced support for the ongoing normalization process between Ankara and Yerevan, saying growing contact between the two sides will deepen friendship.
“我们对亚美尼亚和土耳其之间的持续和解持非常积极的态度，”苏尔普吉拉戈斯亚美尼亚教会基金会副主席奥汉内斯·加富尔·奥哈尼安对安纳多卢通讯社表示。
“We view the ongoing rapprochement between Armenia and Türkiye very positively,” Ohannes Gafur Ohanyan, vice president of the Surp Giragos Armenian Church Foundation, told Anadolu.
奥哈尼安在7名土耳其记者和7名亚美尼亚记者访问迪亚巴克尔历史悠久的苏尔区的苏尔普吉拉戈斯亚美尼亚教会时发表了上述言论，此次访问是欧盟资助的媒体之旅的一部分，旨在支持土耳其和亚美尼亚之间的正常化。
Ohanyan spoke during a visit by 7 Turkish and 7 Armenian journalists to Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir’s historic Sur district as part of an EU-funded media tour aimed at supporting normalization between Türkiye and Armenia.
“我们相信，随着此类访问和活动的增加，两国之间的友谊将变得更加牢固，”他说。“希望边境也能尽快开放。”土耳其和亚美尼亚没有外交关系，它们的陆地边境自1993年以来一直关闭。两国于2021年底启动了正常化倡议，任命退休的土耳其大使塞尔达尔·基利奇和亚美尼亚议会副议长鲁本·鲁比尼亚为特使。
“We believe that as these kinds of visits and events increase, the friendship between the two countries will grow even stronger,” he said. “Hopefully, the borders will open soon too.”Türkiye and Armenia do not have diplomatic relations, and their land border has been closed since 1993. The two countries launched a normalization initiative in late 2021, appointing retired Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kilic and Armenian parliament Deputy Speaker Ruben Rubinyan as special envoys.
土耳其外交部5月表示，重新开放与亚美尼亚共享边境的技术和官僚工作仍在进行中，尽管直接贸易的准备工作已经完成。
Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry said in May that technical and bureaucratic work to reopen the shared border with Armenia was still ongoing, although preparations for direct trade had been completed.
5月初，土耳其副总统杰夫德特·伊尔马兹访问了亚美尼亚，在那里官员签署了一份关于共同修复历史悠久的阿尼桥的备忘录，这是一座横跨两国边境的中世纪建筑。
In early May, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz visited Armenia, where officials signed a memorandum on the joint restoration of the historic Ani Bridge, a medieval structure spanning the border between the two countries.
上个月在纽约联合国大会期间，土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安和亚美尼亚总理尼科尔·帕希尼扬在会议期间还讨论了推进关系正常化、加强贸易和经济联系以及改善地区交通联系。
During a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also discussed advancing normalization, strengthening trade and economic ties, and improving regional transport links.
亚美尼亚人的吸引中心 根据奥哈尼扬的说法，迪亚巴克尔当地的亚美尼亚社区大约有60至65人。尽管规模较小，但围绕教堂的社会和社区生活仍然活跃，并在重要节日期间定期组织宗教活动。
Center of attraction for Armenians worldwide The local Armenian community in Diyarbakir comprises roughly 60 to 65 people, according to Ohanyan. Despite its compact size, social and community life surrounding the church remains active, with regular religious services organized around major holidays.
“由于我们这里没有常驻神职人员，我们每年在重要宗教节日期间大约举行8到10次礼拜仪式，”奥哈尼扬说。
"Because we do not have a permanent resident clergyman here, we hold around 8 to 10 services a year during important religious holidays," Ohanyan said.
他将圣吉拉各描述为一座有800年历史的教堂，也是中东地区最大的亚美尼亚教堂，并表示它吸引了来自亚美尼亚以及欧洲和美国侨民的亚美尼亚人。
Describing Surp Giragos as an 800-year-old church and the largest Armenian church in the Middle East, he said it draws Armenians from Armenia as well as from the diaspora in Europe and the US.
在长期闲置数十年后，由当地基金会主导的全面修复工作得到了土耳其国家机构的支持，包括文化和旅游部，使该地点得以正式重新开放用于崇拜。
Following decades of disuse, comprehensive restoration initiatives spearheaded by the local foundation and supported in subsequent years by Turkish state institutions including the Culture and Tourism Ministry, allowed the site to formally reopen for worship.
该教堂后来在2015年涉及恐怖组织PKK的苏尔冲突中受损。随后，在总基金会总署的协调下，由土耳其环境、城市化和气候变化部提供资金进行修复，并在七年后重新开放用于崇拜。
The church was later damaged during 2015 clashes in Sur involving the terrorist group PKK. It was restored with funding from Türkiye’s Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry, under the coordination of the General Directorate of Foundations, and reopened for worship after seven years.
该基金会的第二座教堂——位于阿利帕萨社区、大约有500年历史的圣萨尔基斯教堂，由于没有信众而逐年破败，并在2023年2月以卡赫曼马拉什为中心的地震中进一步受损。修复工作于2024年开始，得到了文化和旅游部的资助。
The foundation’s second church, the roughly 500-year-old Surp Sarkis in the Alipasa neighborhood, fell into disrepair over time because it had no congregation and was further damaged in the February 2023 earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaras. Restoration work began in 2024 with a grant from the Culture and Tourism Ministry.
“苏尔普·萨尔基斯教堂已经荒废近一个世纪了，”奥哈尼扬说道。“我们取得了显著进展，主建筑的结构修复工作已基本完成。” 奥哈尼扬还呼吁商界人士、慈善家以及广大民众继续给予支持。“一座重要的教堂正在重获新生，”他补充道。
"Surp Sarkis has been in ruins for nearly a century," Ohanyan noted. "We have made considerable progress and have largely completed the structural work on the main building." Ohanyan also called on businesspeople, philanthropists and the wider public for further support. “A major church is being saved,” he added.
访谈：亚美尼亚教会官员视土耳其与亚美尼亚关系正常化为增进“友谊”的契机
INTERVIEW – Armenian church official sees Türkiye-Armenia normalization as path to ‘stronger friendships’