Armenia’s government announces April 23 a day off

YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. Armenia’s government decided, at its
meeting on April 11, to make April 23 a day off and Saturday April 18
a working day instead, the government press office reported.

The change is made as the Armenian genocide victims will be sanctified
on April 23, the head of the government staff David Harutiunyan said.

On April 23, one day before April 24, the day of commemoration of the
victims of Armenian Genocide, the victims will be sanctified in the
Saint Echmiadzin Church, and this will be one of the most important
historic events, since the last sanctification in Armenia was
conducted 400 years ago.

Armenian genocide was the first genocide committed in XX century.
Turkey rejects the accusation of massacres and the killing of one and
a half million Armenians during World War I.

The fact of the Armenian genocide is recognized by many countries,
particularly by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, most of the U.S.
states, as well as by the parliaments of Greece, Cyprus, Argentina,
Belgium, Wales, National Council of Switzerland, Common House of
Canada, the Seym of Poland and lower house of Italian parliament. -0–

From: A. Papazian