the church for service as "a positive step". Gallery See also Adır Island Çarpanak Island Kuş Island Notes Further reading Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Aght'amar, Church of the Holy Cross (Cambridge, Mass., 1964). Sirarpie Der Nersessian and H. Vahramian, Documents of Armenian Architecture, Vol. 8: Aght'amar (Milan, 1974). J. G. DavieMedieval Armenian Art and Architecture: The Church of the Holy Cross, Aght'amarmar (London, 1991). Lynn Jones, Between Islam and Byzantium: Aght'amar and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership (Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007). External links Armenian Religious Service in Turkey: Breaking a Taboo in Akdamar Information about Akdamar Island from Sacred Sites, Places of Peace and Power The Surp Hach (Saint Cross) church on Akhtamar Island A detailed study of the reliefs on the east facade of the Holy Cross church on Aghtamar island The 1973 pre-restoration photographic survey of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at Akdamar Island Observations and comments on the 2005-2006 restoration of the church UNESCO Islands of Lake Van Islands of Van Province Islands of Turkey Eastern Anatolia Region Armenian Highlands Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 10th century Gevaş District