ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED IN THESSALONIKI

Athens News Agency
May 29, 2005

Events marking the 87th anniversary of Armenia’s independence were
held in Thessaloniki, organised by the Armenian church in cooperatin
with the local Armenian school

People formed a human chain around the Armenian monument on central
Tsimiski street, and later danced Armenian dances

According to estimates, some 12,000 Armenians live in Thessaloniki.