WATERTOWN,Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America (ALMA) and the Armenian International Women’s organization (AIWA) are collaborating in March to celebrate Women’s History Month. The two organizations will be co-hosting a Community Brunch and conversation with Professor Christina Maranci, of Tufts University on March 4, or at 11 a.m. The two organizations will be co-hosting a Community Brunch and conversation with Professor Christina Maranci,of Tufts University on March 4, at 11 a.m. An authority on medieval Armenian art and architecture, and Dr. Maranci in recent years has embarked on a crusade to save a historic 7th century church located in a remote area of eastern Turkey. Mren Cathedral is a product of the “Golden Age” of Armenian architecture and is considered a masterpiece of world art. Although Mren Cathedral has stood for over a millennium,bearing world history on its elaborately sculptured walls, Dr. Maranci points out that it is now on the verge of collapse. The south façade has been crumbling in recent decades, or severely compromising the domed structure of the monument and opening the interior and its wall paintings to the elements. Professor Maranci has spearheaded a successful effort to hold the cathedral listed on World Monuments Watch,to raise [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com