About 50 French towns to commemorate Armenian Genocide

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| 16:02:13 | 21-04-2005 | Politics |

Commemoration events will be held in about 50 towns of
France. Liturgies will be chanted, evenings of memory and memorial
attendances will be organized. Representatives of central and local
authorities are also expected to take part in the events.

On April 23 thousands of Parisians will process to the Triumphal Arch
to the monument to the Unknown Soldier. Armenian Ambassador to France
and Jacques Chirac’s representative will light an eternal fire; then
hymns of Armenia and France will sound. Political figures, deputies,
senators, outstanding persons and representatives of the Armenian
community will take part in the commemoration ceremony.

On April 24 Cardinal of Paris Andre Vingt-Trois will chant a liturgy
for the Armenian Genocide victims in Notre-Dame de Paris. A solemn
commemoration ceremony with the participation of officials and
thousands of French citizens will also be held at the monument to
Komitas erected in the center of Paris. After that the procession
will make for the Turkish Embassy.