Today, only 30 houses remain in Getap, a village situated along the 311-kilometer stretch of the Armenia-Turkey state border. This border settlement, founded by Armenians who had migrated from the village of Mavra in Kars, is gradually emptying out, and the village school faces the threat of closure under the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport’s optimization program. "There need to be programs that value the people, encouraging them to consider staying and developing the community," notes Father Hayk Sahakyan, the spiritual pastor of the Talin community. There is no active church in the village; residents attend liturgy in neighboring Aragatsavan, while the semi-ruined 6th-century Holy Savior (Surb Amenaprkich) Church stands near the border line.
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Cameraman Gevorg Avagyan,
Cameraman Vram Khanamiryan,
Director Lusine Balyan
