ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF TEHRAN MARKS REPUBLIC DAY

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 31 2006

TEHRAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Surb Liturgy was
celebrated and requiem ceremony was held to the memory of the Armenian
nations’ sons perished in the 1918 May battles in all churches of
the Tehran Armenian Diocese on May 28, the Day of First Republic of
Armenia. Archbishop Sepuh Sargsian presided the liturgy celebrated at
the Surb Sargis church. RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to Iran Karen Nazarian and the Embassy officials, representatives of
the Tehran Armenian Diocese Deputies’ Council, Diocesan Council and
“Alik” institution were present at the liturgy. His Holiness Sepuh
preached during the liturgy. “Our people carried on a cherished
struggle 88 years ago, in the name of keeping the Fatherland and its
existence. And today historic prohibitions have been liquidated in
Armenia, Artsakh and in four sides of the world, and May 28 reality
shines like sunbeams in land battles of the Armenian people’s
history. Not only the firmament of Armenia shines today, but also
of all those countries in which Armenia has its presence at the
Embassy’s level,” His Holiness particularly said. A reguiem ceremony
was held at the end of the liturgy. Then a reception took place in
the National primacy hall. After His Holiness Sepuh’s congratulations
on the occasion of the holiday, RA Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Iran Karen Nazarian made a speech who mentioned
that today’s Republic of Armenia is continuation of the statehood
gained by the May 28. According to the Ambassador, Diaspora has kept
for many years the idea of the Armenian independence and the Armenian
Tricoloured, and today RA Embassies are defenders of the Tricoloured
out of borders of the Republic of Armenia. According to information
of the Tehran “Alik” daily, a ceremony dedicated to the Republic Day
took place in the “Ararat” sports complex on the initiative of the
Armenian cultural “Ararat” organization as well.