Armenians of Moscow to pay tribute to victims of Armenian Genocide
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.04.2007 17:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 22 in the ITAR-TASS conference hall an
event will be hold in memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide. In
the first half of the event experts – representatives of public,
religious and state structures of the Russian Federation will have
speeches, the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist was told in the Moscow Branch
of the Union of Armenians in Russia. During the second half of the
evening a film about the Armenian Genocide will be shown.
On April 24 at 11:30 am the Russian Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church, the Union of Armenians in Russia, the World Armenian Congress
and other public organizations will lay wreaths on the khatchkar in the
territory of the Holy Cross cathedral that is under construction. At
12:00 a liturgy in the "Sourb Khatch" (Holy Cross) Church will be
offered in memory of the Armenian Genocide victims.
At 13:30 pm the youth organization "Moscow Branch of the Union of
Armenians in Russia" is going to hold a rally in front of the Turkish
Embassy in Moscow.