DAYS OF ARMENIAN CULTURE "GERMANY AND THE ARMENIANS" TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 6 – 27 IN COLOGNE

AZG DAILY
06-11-2009

Culture

Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" will be held
November 6 – 27 in Cologne (Germany) "Germany and the Armenians"
the sixth year, PanArmenian.net reported.

This year Days of Armenian Culture will be timed to 140th anniversary
of Komitas. The leader of the Armenian Church in Germany Garegin
Begjanian will take part in the opening ceremony, the Komitas Choir
will perform.

Dogan Akanli, writer from Cologne will read a report on the events of
1915 and 1945 telling about parallels between the Armenian Genocide
and the Holocaust. Days of Armenian Culture will be finalized with a
literary evening, during which a new book about the Armenian writer
Charents will be presented.

40 000 Armenians now live in Germany. The largest Armenian community
is located in, the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church is located
in Cologne as well.