ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORY CEREMONY TAKES PLACE IN SURB KATARINE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF SAINT PETERSBURG

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 26 2006

SAINT PETERSBURG, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Memory
ceremony of the Armenian Genocide took place in the Surb Katarine
(Saint Katarine) Armenian church of Saint Petersburg on April 24. The
RA Consulate General to Saint Petersburg, the RA Armed Forces soldiers’
guard of honour, Armenians of Saint Petersburg and local Russian
inhabitation laid wreaths to the khachkar (cross stone) placed at the
entrance of the church. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign
Ministry’s Press and Information Department, after the midday the
Saint Petersburg “Nor Serund” (New Generation) youth organization of
the Armenian Apostolic Church organized an event where young people
made speeches for compatriots, a film was shown.