THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SUMGAIT TRAGEDY MARKED IN ROMANIA, BELGIUM AND USA

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2008-03-06 10:11:00

ArmInfo. A liturgy devoted to the 20th anniversary of Armenian pogroms
in the town of Sumgait was served at Armenian Church in Bucharest,
Romania, on March 2.

Armenian Foreign Ministry Department for Information and Press told
ArmInfo Leader of the Romanian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic
Church Archbishop Martikyan, Armenian Ambassador to Romania Yeghisheh
Sargsyan, Deputy Head of the Union of Armenians of Romania, deputy of
the Romanian Parliament Varuzhan Pambukyan addressed the participants
in the event. The participants laid wreaths to the memorial khachkar
in the churchyard. Similar events were held in the Romanian towns of
Costanza and Suczawa.

ARF Dashnaktsutyun party initiated a commemoration mass for the
victims of Armenian pogroms in Sumgait at the Apostolic Church in
Brussels, Belgium.

About one hundred of local Armenians attended the event. A joint
concert by the laureates of various contests violinist Hrachya
Avanesyan and pianist Lili Mayskaya was held at the Royal Conservatory
of Brussels. Ambassador to Armenia to Belgium Vigen Chitechyan and Head
of Armenian Mission to NATO Envoy Samvel Lazarian attended the event.

Armenian Embassy in the USA initiated a commemoration mass for Sumgait
victims at local St. Marian Astvacacin (The Virgin) Church. Leader of
the Western Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church in the USA Archbishop
Khazhak Parsamyan served the mass. Armenian Ambassador to the USA
Tatul Margaryan and the Embassy staff and local Armenian community
representatives attended the event.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress