COMMEMORATION CEREMONIES ON 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HELD IN IRAN

ARMENPRESS
APRIL 26, 2010
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS: The series of commemoration ceremonies,
dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, started
April 23 at Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. An
official from the press and information department of RA Foreign
Affairs Ministry told Armenpress that a requiem was served in the
evening April 23 near the cross-stone, dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide of 1915. The officiating priest was Archbishop Sepuh
Sargsyan, leader of Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Representatives of the Armenian community of Tehran, members of more
than 40 unions and some other organizations attached to the unions, as
well as Gevorg Vardanyan, Armenian deputy of the Iranian Parliament,
Grigor Arakelyan, RA ambassador to Iran, partook in the ceremony of
putting a wreath on the monument, dedicated to the Armenian Genocide.

The Holy Liturgy was chanted the next day at St. Sargis Armenian Church
in Tehran. A protest rally-meeting of Tehran Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church .was held after the liturgy. The main ceremony took
place April 24 at ‘Ararat’ sports complex in Tehran, at which RA
Ambassador to Iran Grigor Arakelyan addressed a speech and expressed
his gratitude to all the states recognizing the Armenian Genocide.