EVENTS DEDICATED TO 91ST ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HELD IN THREE ARMENIAN DIOCESES OF IRAN

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 26 2006

TEHRAN, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Hay Dat (Armenian
cause) Committees of three Armenian dioceses of Iran worked out
all-embracing programs of spiristic events dedicated to the 91st
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As Noyan Tapan was informed
by the RA Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, on
late April 23 the divine liturgy was celebrated by Archbishop Sepuh
Sargsian, the primate of the Tehran Armenian Diocese at the Surb
Sargis church of Tehran. Then RA Ambassador to Iran Karen Nazarian,
representatives of Iranian Armenian unions and organizations as well
as citizens of Armenia being in Iran laid wreaths to the Armenian
Genocide martyrs’ monument placed in the yard of the church. After the
April 24 morning church ceremony, about 20 thousand Iranian Armenians,
after a mass meeting taken place in the yard of the church, started
an organized march in the central streets of Tehran with calls and
slogans condemning the Genocide. A spiritism evening dedicated to the
91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide took place in the evening
in the big hall of the “Ararat” sports and cultural complex. Haykazun
Alvrtsian, a professor of the Armenology Department of the Yerevan
State University, a candidate of philological sciences made a speech
at the event. The RA Ambassador to Iran and the primate of the
Armenian diocese of Iran also made speeches during the event. The
mass media of Iran touched upon the Armenian Genocide. An interview
with Ambassador K.Nazarian was published in the April 24 issue of the
“Iran News” daily. Numerous events, artistic-theatrical performances,
spiritual concerts, speeches, photo exhibitions and other events are
held in other cities of Iran populated by Armenians as well.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress