Pilgrimage in Tayk Ashkharh

Abstract

Thus, having comprehensively studied the historical process and the current state of the monuments of the Tayk, we came to the following conclusions.

1. The current competent authorities of Turkey, cooperating with their Georgian colleagues with the involvement of relevant specialists, restore several famous Armenian monumental monuments of Tayk in accordance with the Chalcedonian Canon.
2. Under the guise of restoration, by cutting out fragments of inscriptions confirming Armenian authenticity, native Armenian monuments are presented as Georgian heritage.
3. Some monuments have been vandalized and in the absence of proper attention, years later they will not even leave a trace.
4. For a significant part of the Armenians, pilgrimages to Western Armenia are limited only to visiting the central districts, mostly ignoring the Armenian Taуk.

                Proceeding from the above, we believe that the most important condition for the formation of a patriot citizen continues to be an educated person who knows and appreciates his history and religion, one of the best ways of which is pilgrimage and exploring even the most remote places of the historical homeland from the main routes. Therefore, the problem of pilgrimage, research and constant monitoring of particularly remote, little-known and disputed parts of the lost homeland is now relevant and requires concrete solutions.