ARMENIANS IN INDIA COMMEMORATED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ON APRIL 24

NOYAN TAPAN
APRIL 26, 2010
KOLKATA

KOLKATA, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 24th April,
2010 Armenians in India commemorated the 95th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.

Since 10:30 o’clock in the morning gathered at the Armenian Genocide
memorial in the premises of the Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth,
Kolkata to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
with a special Requiem service. During the commemoration very Rev. Fr.

Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India, His Excellency
Ara Hakobyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenians to India, the
Armenian community of India and students of the Armenian College and
Philanthropic Academy put wreath at the Armenian Genocide.

Later in the evening, with the performance of the students of the
Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy, a cultural programme in
the memory of the Armenian Genocide victims started with "Ave Maria"
by an Armenian renowned singer in India, Shayne Hyrapiet.

As it’s reported by the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy,
Very Rev. Fr. Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India and
His Excellency Ara Hakobyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenians
to India addressed the gathered. "The whole nation was nailed on
the cross only because they were Armenians: the wound left behind
from the Armenian Genocide is not recovering, it is still bleeding
because of Turkish denial. Dear friends, young and old, specially
the students of the Armenian College let us make a promise now to
our 1.5 million victims that we will do our utmost to bring justice
for them. Let us make a promise that we will never forget the first
Genocide of the 20th century and will fight to crush Turkish denial
in every possible way", concluded Fr. Khoren.

During the commemoration, Most Rev. Lucas Sirkar, the Catholic
Archbishop of Kolkata concluded the evening with his words of comfort.

"No one can delete the Armenian Genocide from history as long as
there is even a single person living on earth."