95TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARKED IN GEORGIA

NOYAN TAPAN
APRIL 26, 2010
TBILISI

TBILISI, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Church services and other events
to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide took place in
Tbilisi, Javakhk and other Georgian settlements populated by Armenians.

A matinee in memory of the Genocide victims was held at Tbilisi’s
Armenian school No 110 on April 23, during which the pupils gave
literary and music performances on the Genocide. In the next few days
such events will also be organized at Armenian schools of Kvemo-Kartli,
Javakhk, and Batumi. A concert by the singer Saribek Sargsyan is
scheduled for April 27 at the Tbilisi Conservatory.

A divine service took place in Surb Etchmiadzin Church of Tbilisi on
April 23, following which pianist Yesayi Abovian and singer Svetlana
Tatoyeva performed pieces of spiritual and classical music.

On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Genocide committed in
the Ottoman Empire, liturgies and services for the repose of the soles
of the Genocide victims took place on April 24 in Surb Etchmiadzian
Church of Tbilisi and other churches of the Georgian Armenian diocese.

The repose of the soul service in Surb Etchmiadzin Church was
presided over by Head of the Georgian Armenian Diocese Bishop Vazgen
Mirzakhanian.

Following the church ceremonies, the participants went to the Khojevank
Pantheon of Armenian writers and public figures, where, on behalf of
the Armenian embassy in Georgia, they laid a wreath at the obelisk
to the Genocide victims.

The Cinema House of Tbilisi hosted a meeting on the evening of April
24, during which the Armenian Ambassador to Georgia Hrach Silvanian
made a speech and films on the Genocide were demonstrated.

According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, the events
dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide were widely
covered by the Georgian mass media.