BOULDER BROUGHT FROM ARARAT TO BE PLACED AS PEDESTAL IN TEHRAN SURB SARGIS CHURCH, AT MEMORIAL TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARTYRS

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 12 2007

TEHRAN, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The central commission
of the Tehran Armenian Genocide mentioning the 92nd anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide worked out a voluminous program of events which
will be implemented on April 18-24. According to it, gatherings are
envisaged for children at the kindergarten age, pupils of primary and
middle schools are envisaged, a memory evening dedicated to memory
of Armenian intellectuals and poets passed away in 1915 will be held.

A youth gathering will take place on late April 23 at the Tehran Surb
(Saint) Sargis church and flowers will be put to the monument to
martyrs. An exhibition dedicated to the Genocide will open at the
church on the students’ initiative.

In commission head Mushegh Tsaturian’s words, special medals and CD
are being prepared which will be given to the people, especially to
students and youth.

It is envisaged within the framework of the program to place the
boulder brought by Iranian mountaineers conquered the top of Ararat on
the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 2005
as a pedestal at the memorial to martyrs at the Surb Sargis church.

The main event will take place on late April 24 in the Ararat sports
center, on the initiative of the Research Center for Armenian Issues.